Niklaus Wirth

GPTKB entity
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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