W. Ross Ashby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

W. Ross Ashby

British psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1903

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1972

Profession: engineer, psychiatrist, neurologist, university teacher, sociologist, artificial intelligence researcher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Ross Ashby (6 September 1903, in London – 15 November 1972) was an English psychiatrist and a pioneer in cybernetics, the study of the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things.
His first name was not used: he was known as Ross Ashby. His two books, Design for a Brain and An Introduction to Cybernetics, were landmark works.
They introduced exact and logical thinking into the brand new discipline of cybernetics and were highly influential.