Adriaan van Wijngaarden was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he emphasized and promoted the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical analysis, then in programming languages, and finally in the design principles of such languages, work that shaped the ALGOL programming language and its ALGOL 68 successor.
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Awardhonorary doctorate from INP Grenoble 1 AwardKnight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion 1 Connections
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Source Wikidata: ALGOL 68
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, nationality there.
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1. Wikidata: Adriaan van Wijngaarden
- Wikidata Q93015, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q93015 P569 (date of birth)
2. Wikipedia: Adriaan van Wijngaarden
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Adriaan "Aad" van Wijngaarden (2 November 1916-7 February 1987) was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist.
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