John E. Warnock (October 6, 1940 - August 19, 2023) was an American computer scientist who co-founded Adobe Inc. in 1982 with Charles Geschke, after working together at Xerox PARC on the Interpress page description language and earlier at Evans and Sutherland on computer graphics. Warnock invented the PostScript language and later the Portable Document Format (PDF), technologies that reshaped desktop publishing and document exchange, and he served as Adobe's president, then as chairman and chief executive for sixteen years before stepping down as CEO in 2001. He held degrees in mathematics, philosophy, and electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Utah.
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Wikidata alias: John E. Warnock
John E. Warnock
Wikidata P166: Lovelace Medal
Wikidata P166 (award received): Lovelace Medal.
Wikidata P166: Edwin H. Land Medal
Wikidata P166 (award received): Edwin H. Land Medal.
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: Marconi Prize
Wikidata P166 (award received): Marconi Prize.
Wikidata P166: Bodley Medal
Wikidata P166 (award received): Bodley Medal.
Wikidata P166: National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Wikidata P166: ACM Software System Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Software System Award.
Wikidata alias: John Edward Warnock
John Edward Warnock
P569 (date of birth): year 1940
1940
P569 (date of birth): 1940-10-06
1940-10-06
P570 (date of death): year 2023
2023
P570 (date of death): 2023-08-19
2023-08-19
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