James Backus

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/James_Backus

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Pioneer_Award gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:W._W._McDowell_Award Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate	1924-12-03
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	heart failure
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Karen_Backus
gptkbp:deathDate	2007-12-28
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Ashland,_Oregon,_United_States
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:IBM
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	gptkb:programming_language computer science compiler design
gptkbp:fullName	James Arthur Backus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	James Backus
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:ALGOL gptkb:Fortran gptkb:Backus–Naur_form functional programming
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:Army_Medical_Corps
gptkbp:militaryService	gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:FORTRAN gptkb:FP_programming_language gptkb:Backus–Naur_form
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Ashland,_Oregon,_United_States
gptkbp:signature	James Backus signature.svg
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 seminal publication of formal procedures for the specification of programming languages.
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Backus_family
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8