Henry Kučera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Kučera

Czech informatician and linguist

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1925

Place of Birth: Třebařov, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 20-Feb-2010

Profession: computer scientist, linguist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Henry Kucera (15 February 1925 – 20 February 2010), born Jindrich Kucera (Czech pronunciation: ['j?ndr??x 'kut??ra]), was a Czech-American linguist who pioneered corpus linguistics, linguistic software, was a major contributor to the American Heritage Dictionary, and a pioneer in the development of spell checking computer software.