- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHenry Edward Roberts
- Nickname
- Father of the Personal Computer
- Ed Roberts was born on February 24, 1942 in Miami, Florida, USA. He died on April 1, 2010 in Macon, Georgia, USA.
- Practiced as an internist from 1987 until his death.
- Founder of Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, which developed and marketed the Altair 8800, a precursor to the modern personal computer. Inducted into the American Computer Hall of Fame, the National Computer Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Inventors Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Hall of Fame.
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