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Margaret Hamilton, the actress whose role as the cackling Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz unnerved generations of children, died yesterday, apparently of a heart attack, at a nursing home in Salisbury, Connecticut. She was 82 years old.
Margaret Elaine Hamilton (née Heafield; born August 17, 1936) is an American computer scientist. She was director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo program.
May 9, 2024 · Margaret Hamilton (born August 17, 1936, Paoli, Indiana, U.S.) is an American computer scientist who was one of the first computer software programmers; she created the term software engineer to describe her work.
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Margaret Hamilton was an American actress who played the iconic role of The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939). She also appeared in other films, TV shows and stage plays, and taught acting to Jim Backus and Thurston Howell III.
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Mar 14, 2019 · Learn how Margaret Hamilton led the team that created the Apollo Guidance Computer software that landed astronauts on the moon in 1969. Discover her innovative approach, her challenges and achievements, and her legacy at the Smithsonian.
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Aug 17, 2016 · One of the many contributors to this effort was Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who led the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which in 1961 contracted with NASA to develop the Apollo program’s guidance system.
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May 15, 2022 · Learn how Margaret Hamilton led the MIT team that designed the software for the historic lunar mission in 1969. Discover how she overcame challenges, created innovative solutions, and saved the mission from disaster.
