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Niklaus Wirth

Also Known As Niklaus Emil Wirth · Niklaus E. Wirth
Software And Its Engineering

Niklaus Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist who designed several influential programming languages, most notably Pascal, and made significant contributions to software engineering methodology. He received the Turing Award in 1984 for his work in programming language design. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1934 1
Birth Date
1934-02-15 2
Death Year
2024 1
Death Date
2024-01-01 2
Nationality
Swiss 1
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Pascal, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Niklaus Wirth
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1. Wikipedia: Niklaus Wirth
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Programming languages section
    Wirth was the chief designer of the programming languages Euler (1965), PL360 (1966), ALGOL W (1966), Pascal (1970)
  • Lead paragraph, birth year
    Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 - 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist.
  • Lead paragraph, death year
    Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 - 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist.
  • Lead paragraph, nationality
    Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 - 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist.
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2. Niklaus Wirth (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Niklaus Emil Wirth
    Niklaus Emil Wirth
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctorate
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctorate.
  • Wikidata P166: Marcel Benoist Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Marcel Benoist Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order.
  • Wikidata P166: Turing Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer History Museum Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer History Museum Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Programming Languages Achievement Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Programming Languages Achievement Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctorate at the Laval University
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctorate at the Laval University.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University.
  • Wikidata alias: Niklaus E. Wirth
    Niklaus E. Wirth
  • P569 (date of birth): 1934-02-15
    1934-02-15
  • P570 (date of death): 2024-01-01
    2024-01-01
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