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Harold W. Lawson

Also Known As Bud Lawson
Software And Its Engineering

Harold W. Bud Lawson (1937-2019) was a software engineer, computer architect and systems engineer credited with the 1964 invention of the pointer in high-level programming languages. He was presented the Computer Pioneer Award by the IEEE in 2000 for this invention.

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Birth Year
1937 1
Birth Date
1937-12-13 2
Death Year
2019 1
Death Date
2019-06-10 2
Nationality
American 1
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1. Wikipedia: Harold Lawson
  • Infobox, born
    1937
  • Infobox, died
    2019
  • Lead sentence, descriptor
    American computer scientist
  • Lead sentence, name
    Harold W. "Bud" Lawson
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2. Harold W. Lawson (Wikidata)
  • P569 (date of birth): 1937-12-13
    1937-12-13
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Simon Ramo Medal.
  • P570 (date of death): 2019-06-10
    2019-06-10
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