J. W. Backus

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/J._W._Backus
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:award gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-12-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:ALGOL
gptkbp:deathDate 2007-03-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ashland,_Oregon,_USA
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:FORTRAN
gptkb:Backus-Naur_Form
gptkbp:education gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:University_of_Pittsburgh
gptkbp:employer gptkb:IBM
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
computer science
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Warner_Backus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label J. W. Backus
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:ALGOL
gptkb:FORTRAN
gptkb:Backus-Naur_Form
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Ashland,_Oregon,_USA
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Backus
gptkbp:TuringAwardYear 1977
For profound, influential, and lasting contributions to the design of practical high-level programming systems, notably through his work on FORTRAN, and for publication of formal procedures for the specification of programming languages.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ALGOL_68
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6