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Bernard Vauquois

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Bernard Vauquois (June 14, 1929 - September 30, 1985) was a French mathematician and computer scientist, a pioneer of computer science and machine translation in France. An astronomer turned computer scientist, he is known for his work on the ALGOL 60 programming language and for extensive work on the theoretical and practical problems of machine translation, of which the eponymous Vauquois triangle is one of the most widely known contributions. He was a professor at what would become Grenoble Alpes University.

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Birth Year
1929 1
Birth Date
1929-06-14 1
Death Year
1985 1
Death Date
1985-09-30 1
Nationality
French 2
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1. Bernard Vauquois (Wikidata)
  • P569 (date of birth): year 1929
    1929
  • P569 (date of birth): 1929-06-14
    1929-06-14
  • P570 (date of death): year 1985
    1985
  • P570 (date of death): 1985-09-30
    1985-09-30
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2. Bernard Vauquois, Wikipedia
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