Wesley A. Clark

American physicist and computer engineer (1927–2016)

Wesley Allison Clark (April 10, 1927 – February 22, 2016) was an American physicist and computer engineer who is credited for designing the first modern personal computer. He was also a computer designer and the main participant, along with Charles Molnar, in the creation of the LINC computer, which was the first minicomputer and shares with a number of other computers (such as the PDP-1) the claim to be the inspiration for the personal computer. Clark was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Kinderhook, New York, and in northern California.

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