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Thomas Kurtz

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Thomas Kurtz was an American mathematician who, with John Kemeny, invented the BASIC programming language at Dartmouth College in 1964, alongside the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System. From 1963 to 1964, Kurtz and Kemeny led a team of students in developing both systems; the first BASIC program ran on May 1, 1964, at 4 a.m. Kurtz directed Dartmouth's Kiewit Computation Center from 1966 to 1975 and co-founded True BASIC, Inc. in 1983 to continue developing the language commercially. 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
1928 1
Birth Date
1928-02-22 1
Death Year
2024 2
Death Date
2024-11-12 2
Nationality
American 1
Award
ACM Fellow 3
Award
Computer Pioneer Award 3
Connections

Invented

BASIC, Programming Languages

Co-invented with John Kemeny.

Source Wikipedia: Thomas E. Kurtz
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1. Wikipedia: Thomas E. Kurtz
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Career section
    In 1956, he was recruited to Dartmouth College by John G. Kemeny and joined the Mathematics Department, where he taught statistics and numerical analysis. From 1963 to 1964, Kurtz and Kemeny, working with a team of students, led the development of the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System (DTSS) and the BASIC programming language.
  • Introduction
    Thomas Eugene Kurtz (February 22, 1928 - November 12, 2024) was an American computer scientist and educator. A Dartmouth professor of mathematics, he and colleague John G. Kemeny are best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language and the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System in 1963 and 1964.
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1928-02-22
  • Infobox, death_date
    2024-11-12
  • Intro, parenthetical
    February 22, 1928
  • Intro, death date
    November 12, 2024
  • Intro, first sentence
    American computer scientist and educator
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2. Dartmouth: Remembering Computing Legend Thomas Kurtz
Dartmouth College, Faculty of Arts and SciencesDate of death
Quote, Date of death
Thomas Kurtz, a professor emeritus of computer science and mathematics who played a key role in the computing revolution, died on Nov. 12 at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care in Lebanon, N.H. He was 96.
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3. Thomas Kurtz (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
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