John W. Backus

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_W._Backus

GPTKB entity

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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,_USA
gptkbp:deathDate	2007-03-17
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Ashland,_Oregon,_USA
gptkbp:developedBy	gptkb:Fortran gptkb:Backus–Naur_Form gptkb:ALGOL_58
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	John W. Backus
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:ALGOL gptkb:Fortran gptkb:Backus–Naur_Form
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Fortran gptkb:Backus–Naur_Form
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:restingPlace	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:MIT
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3