Allen Kent
Allen Kent (born October 24, 1921 in New York City , † May 1, 2014 in Scott Township , Allegheny County , Pennsylvania ) was Professor of Information Technology at the University of Pittsburgh and author of numerous specialist books .
history
Kent studied chemistry at City College of New York before being drafted into military service during World War II. After the war he was one of the pioneers in the field of information retrieval and did research first at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , from 1955 at the Case Western Reserve University . In 1963 he moved to the University of Pittsburgh, where he founded the Faculty of Information Technology in 1970.
In 1992, Kent retired from the university and moved to Florida, but returned to Pittsburgh in 2010, where he died in 2014.
bibliography
- Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (35 volumes (1–35), 1962–1984; 12 supplementary volumes (36–47), 1984–1990; 25 supplementary volumes (48–73), 1991–2002)
- Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology (16 volumes (1–16), 1975–1981; 29 supplementary volumes (17–45), 1987–2002)
- Encyclopedia of Microcomputers (21 volumes (1–21), 1987–1998, 7 supplementary volumes (22–28), 1998–2002)
- together with Fritz E. Froehlich : The Froehlich / Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (18 volumes, 1990–1999)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kent, Allen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American university professor, information technology professor, and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 2014 |
| Place of death | Scott Township , Allegheny County , Pennsylvania |