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Butler W. Lampson

Also Known As Butler Wright Lampson
Computer Systems Organization

Butler W. Lampson is an American computer scientist best known for his contributions to the development and implementation of distributed personal computing. He won the 1992 ACM Turing Award. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1943 1
Birth Date
1943-12-23 2
Nationality
American 2
Award
Charles Stark Draper Prize 1
Award
Foreign Member of the Royal Society 1
Award
Turing Award 1
Award
ACM Fellow 1
Award
Computer History Museum Fellow 1
Award
Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna 1
Award
Computer Pioneer Award 1
Award
honorary doctor of ETH Zürich 1
Award
IEEE John von Neumann Medal 1
Award
ACM Software System Award 1
Connections

In Field

Distributed Computing, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Butler Lampson

Invented

Xerox Alto, Systems

Butler Lampson was a principal designer of the Xerox Alto at Xerox PARC, the first computer built around a graphical user interface and mouse.

Source Wikipedia: Butler Lampson
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Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikidata: Butler Lampson
  • Wikidata Q92644, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q92644 P569 (date of birth)
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2. Wikipedia: Butler Lampson
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  • Lead sentence, born-date parenthetical
    Butler W. Lampson (born December 23, 1943) is an American computer scientist best known for his contributions to the development and implementation of distributed personal computing. He won the 1992 ACM Turing Award.
  • Lead sentence, nationality clause
    Butler W. Lampson (born December 23, 1943) is an American computer scientist best known for his contributions to the development and implementation of distributed personal computing. He won the 1992 ACM Turing Award.
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Wikipedia: Butler Lampson
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  • Lead section
    Butler W. Lampson (born December 23, 1943) is an American computer scientist best known for his contributions to the development and implementation of distributed personal computing. He won the 1992 ACM Turing Award.
  • Infobox, Born
    December 23, 1943
  • In Field: Distributed Computing, Lead paragraph
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