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Kristen Nygaard

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Norwegian computer scientist who, with Ole-Johan Dahl, developed Simula at the Norwegian Computing Center in the 1960s, introducing the class and object concepts that founded object oriented programming. He and Dahl shared the 2001 Turing Award. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1926 1
Birth Date
1926-08-27 1
Death Year
2002 1
Death Date
2002-08-10 1
Nationality
Norwegian 1
Award
Commander of the Order of St. Olav‎ 2
Award
Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility 2
Award
Turing Award 2
Award
Rosing Honorary Award 2
Award
IEEE John von Neumann Medal 2
Connections

Associated With

Object Oriented Programming, Concepts

Kristen Nygaard, with Ole-Johan Dahl, designed Simula in the 1960s, widely regarded as the first object-oriented programming language, and is called a father of object-oriented programming.

Source Wikipedia: Kristen Nygaard

Invented

Simula, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Kristen Nygaard
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, nationality there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kristen Nygaard
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Object-oriented programming
    With Ole-Johan Dahl, he developed the initial ideas for object-oriented programming (OOP) in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center (Norsk Regnesentral (NR)) as part of the Simula I (1961-1965) and Simula 67 (1965-1968) simulation programming languages.
  • Infobox
    Born 27 August 1926, Oslo, Norway; died 10 August 2002, Oslo, Norway.
  • Associated With: Object Oriented Programming
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2. Kristen Nygaard (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata P166: Commander of the Order of St. Olav‎
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Commander of the Order of St. Olav‎.
  • Wikidata P166: Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility.
  • Wikidata P166: Turing Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Rosing Honorary Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Rosing Honorary Award.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE John von Neumann Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE John von Neumann Medal.
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University of Oslo, Department of Informatics, Tribute to Kristen Nygaard
Tribute page, opening description
Quote, Tribute page, opening description
Professor Kristen Nygaard was a Norwegian computer scientist and is considered to be the father of Simula and object-oriented programming, together with Ole-Johan Dahl.
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