Mabel Addis

Mabel Addis
Mabel Addis
Born	Mabel Holmes; 21 May 1912; Mount Vernon, New York, U.S
Died	August 13, 2004 (aged 92); Purdys, New York, U.S.
Education	Barnard College; Columbia University
Notable work	The Sumerian Game

Mabel Addis Mergardt (21 May 1912 – 13 August 2004) was an American writer, teacher and the first video game writer. She designed The Sumerian Game, programmed by William McKay, for the IBM 7090 in 1964. It inspired similarly-styled kingdom management games such as Hamurabi from the early 1970s.

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