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Joseph Henry Wegstein

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Joseph Henry Wegstein (April 7, 1922 - August 16, 1985) was an American computer scientist. His Wikipedia lead names no further biographical detail beyond this identification.

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Birth Year
1922 1
Birth Date
1922-04-07 1
Death Year
1985 1
Death Date
1985-08-16 1
Nationality
American 1
Joseph Henry Wegstein
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Source IEEE Computer Society History Committee: Computer Pioneers: Joseph H. Wegstein

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Source Wikidata: ALGOL
Source ALGOL 58 (Wikipedia)
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Joseph Henry Wegstein (April 7, 1922 – August 16, 1985) was an American computer scientist.
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1. Joseph Henry Wegstein, Wikipedia
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    Wegstein was born on April 7, 1922 in Washburn, Illinois.
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    Joseph Henry Wegstein (April 7, 1922 - August 16, 1985) was an American computer scientist.
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Joseph Henry Wegstein (Wikidata)
Wikidata alias: Joseph Wegstein
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Joseph Wegstein
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IEEE Computer Society History Committee: Computer Pioneers: Joseph H. Wegstein
IEEE Computer Society History CommitteeIn Field: Programming Language Theory, Biography header
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developed the programming language Cobol
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ALGOL 58 (Wikipedia)
Invented: ALGOL 58, Infobox: designers
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Friedrich L. Bauer, Hermann Bottenbruch, Heinz Rutishauser, Klaus Samelson, John Backus, Charles Katz, Alan Perlis, Joseph Henry Wegstein
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