John Backus

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Backus
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-12-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Karen_Backus
gptkb:Paula_Backus
gptkbp:deathDate 2007-03-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ashland,_Oregon,_USA
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Fortran
gptkb:Backus–Naur_Form
gptkbp:employer gptkb:IBM
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:programming_language
computer science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Backus
gptkbp:influenced compiler design
programming language theory
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fortran
gptkb:Backus–Naur_Form
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Fortran
gptkb:Backus–Naur_Form
gptkb:FP_programming_language
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Carson
gptkbp:Turing_Award_citation 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:TuringAwardYear 1977
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Association_for_Computing_Machinery
gptkb:CSAIL
gptkb:MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4