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Jim Gray

Also Known As James Nicholas Gray · James Nicholas "Jim" Gray
Information Systems

James Nicholas Gray was an American computer scientist who received the 1998 ACM Turing Award for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation.

Facts
Birth Year
1944 1
Birth Date
1944-01-12 2
Death Year
2012 1
Disappeared during a solo sailing trip on 2007-01-28; body never found; declared dead in absentia in 2012.
Death Date
2012-01-28 2
Nationality
American 1
Award
Charles Babbage Award 2
Award
SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award 2
Award
Turing Award 2
Award
ACM Fellow 2
Award
honorary doctor of Paris Dauphine University 2
Award
ACM Software System Award 2
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1. Wikipedia: Jim Gray (computer scientist)
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  • Lead sentence, birth year in parenthetical
    James Nicholas Gray (1944, declared dead in absentia 2012) was an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 "for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation".
  • Lead sentence, nationality clause
    James Nicholas Gray (1944, declared dead in absentia 2012) was an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 "for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation".
  • Lead sentence, declared-dead-in-absentia year
    James Nicholas Gray (1944, declared dead in absentia 2012) was an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 "for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation".
  • In Group: Data Management Systems
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2. Jim Gray (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: James Nicholas Gray
    James Nicholas Gray
  • Wikidata P166: Charles Babbage Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Charles Babbage Award.
  • Wikidata P166: SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Turing Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of Paris Dauphine University
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of Paris Dauphine University.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Software System Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Software System Award.
  • Wikidata alias: James Nicholas "Jim" Gray
    James Nicholas "Jim" Gray
  • P569 (date of birth): 1944-01-12
    1944-01-12
  • P570 (date of death): 2012-01-28
    2012-01-28
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