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    John Henry Holland

    American researcher in genetic algorithms (1929–2015)

    For other people named John Holland, see John Holland (disambiguation).

    John Henry Holland (February 2, 1929 – August 9, 2015) was an American scientist and professor of psychology and electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

    He was a pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms.

    Biography

    John Henry Holland was born on February 2, 1929 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the elder child of[3] son of Gustave A.

    Holland (b.

    John henry holland wikipedia biography

    July 24, 1896, Russian Poland) and Mildred P. Gfroerer (b. July 1, 1901, Columbus Grove, Ohio).[4] He had one younger sister, Shirley Ann "Hollie" Holland (born c. 1931).

    Holland studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a B.S.

    degree in 1950. He then studied Mathematics at the University of Michigan, receiving an M.A. in 1954.[5] In 1959, he received the first computer science P