Holland, John Henry

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Name
Holland, John Henry Gender: M
born on 2 February 1929 at 02:00 (= 02:00 AM )
Place Fort Wayne, Indiana, 41n08, 85w08
Timezone CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_aqucol.18.svg 13°00' s_mo.18.svg s_scocol.18.svg 21°08 Asc.s_sagcol.18.svg 00°18'



Biography

American scientist and pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms, who was Professor of psychology and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

In 1975 he wrote the ground-breaking book on genetic algorithms, Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems. He also developed Holland's schema theorem.

Holland died on 9 August 2015 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, aged 86.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate from Indiana Archives.

Categories

  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 86)
  • Vocation : Education : Researcher
  • Vocation : Education : Teacher (Professor)
  • Vocation : Healing Fields : Psychologist
  • Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
  • Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator ("Holland's schema theorem")