Niklaus Wirth

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

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:ETH_Zurich gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:Laval_University
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Pioneer_Award gptkb:Marconi_Prize Turing Award
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Felix_Wirth gptkb:Tina_Wirth
gptkbp:dateOfBirth	1934-02-15
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Harry_Huskey
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:ETH_Zurich
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	gptkb:programming_language computer science software engineering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Niklaus Wirth
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Anders_Hejlsberg gptkb:Bjarne_Stroustrup gptkb:Guido_van_Rossum
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:John_Backus gptkb:Peter_Naur gptkb:Edsger_W._Dijkstra
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Algol_W gptkb:Euler_(programming_language) gptkb:Lilith_(computer) gptkb:Modula_(programming_language) gptkb:Oberon_(programming_language) gptkb:Oberon_operating_system gptkb:Pascal_(programming_language) gptkb:Wirth's_law
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Academia_Europaea gptkb:Swiss_Academy_of_Engineering_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	Swiss
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Luca_Cardelli gptkb:Martin_Odersky
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:computer_scientist gptkb:professor
gptkbp:placeOfBirth	gptkb:Winterthur,_Switzerland
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Compiler_Construction gptkb:Project_Oberon Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Marianne_Wirth
gptkbp:thesisTitle	A Design of a Control Unit for Program Interrupt
gptkbp:thesisYear	1963
gptkbp:website	https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Association_for_Computing_Machinery
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4