John Warner Backus

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:University_of_Virginia
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Draper_Prize gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Pioneer_Award gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Turing_Award
gptkbp:birthDate	1924-12-03
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	illness
gptkbp:deathDate	2007-03-17
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Ashland,_Oregon,_United_States
gptkbp:developedBy	gptkb:ALGOL gptkb:FORTRAN gptkb:Backus–Naur_form
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:IBM
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics computer science
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:ALGOL gptkb:FORTRAN gptkb:Backus–Naur_form
gptkbp:member	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:ALGOL gptkb:FORTRAN gptkb:Backus–Naur_form
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:computer_scientist gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Ashland,_Oregon,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Barbara_Backus
gptkbp:TuringAwardYear	1977
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_W._Backus
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Warner Backus