Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dennis_MacAlistair_Ritchie
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:IEEE_Richard_W._Hamming_Medal
gptkb:Japan_Prize
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Technology
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1941-09-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bronxville,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:Brian_Kernighan
gptkb:The_C_Programming_Language
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Brian_Kernighan
gptkb:Ken_Thompson
gptkbp:deathDate 2011-10-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Berkeley_Heights,_New_Jersey,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Patrick_C._Fischer
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:programming_language
computer science
operating systems
software engineering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
gptkbp:influenced modern operating systems
programming languages (C, C++, Objective-C, etc.)
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:C_programming_language
gptkb:UNIX_operating_system
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:C_programming_language
gptkb:UNIX_operating_system
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Alistair_E._Ritchie
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Berkeley_Heights,_New_Jersey,_USA
gptkbp:signature Dennis_Ritchie_signature.svg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dennis_Ritchie
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