Robert Frankston
Robert Frankston · Technology & Engineering
Co-invented VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet.
1949, Brooklyn, New York, USA
United States
Robert Frankston is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Co-invented VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet.
Robert Frankston co-created VisiCalc with Dan Bricklin, the first electronic spreadsheet, writing the program that made the Apple II a must-have business tool and helped launch the personal-computer industry. His work established the spreadsheet as a foundational productivity application. He is Jewish.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Co-invented VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
