Guess my name

Originally posted by @kewpie
Did you live and die in the period before the Christian Era?

Yes, I did, but not as long before as some people think. Homer and even Pericles are historical figures to me.

Originally posted by @shallow-blue
Yes, I did, but not as long before as some people think. Homer and even Pericles are historical figures to me.

Were you a mathematician and inventor?

Originally posted by @js357
Were you a mathematician and inventor?

Yes...

Originally posted by @shallow-blue
Yes...

Archimedes?

Originally posted by @js357
Archimedes?

Yup. Your turn.

Originally posted by @shallow-blue
Yup. Your turn.

This game seems to be about doling out just enough information to allow one of the players a decent chance to get the answer in 5 guesses.

I played an important role in the coming of the computer age. Guess my name.

Originally posted by @js357
This game seems to be about doling out just enough information to allow one of the players a decent chance to get the answer in 5 guesses.

I played an important role in the coming of the computer age. Guess my name.

I'm a computer programmer by trade... I'll bow out of this one.

Originally posted by @shallow-blue
I'm a computer programmer by trade... I'll bow out of this one.

Dammit Jim, I am shallow-blue!

Just kidding.

Did you make lots of money out of doing so?

Originally posted by @kewpie
Did you make lots of money out of doing so?

I played an important role in the coming of the computer age.

I find no evidence that I made lots of money, but others profited from my work. In my later years I had a college professor’s salary.

4 questions left.

Originally posted by @js357
I played an important role in the coming of the computer age.

I find no evidence that I made lots of money, but others profited from my work. In my later years I had a college professor’s salary.

4 questions left.

Were you born in the US?

Originally posted by @kewpie
Were you born in the US?

No, but I earned my Nobel prize in the US.

Were you born before 1940?

Originally posted by @kewpie
Were you born before 1940?

I was born before 1940.

I came to believe that championing a controversial idea that was outside my field of education and accomplishment, was the most important work I could do.

If needed, there will be one more clue after the next question.

I seem to be the only player here, but I have no idea what to ask next. Hopefully someone else will join in. 🙁