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Niklaus Wirth
1934 – 2024
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryNiklaus Emil Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed a series of programming languages, among them Pascal, Modula-2 and Oberon, and he led the construction of the Lilith and Ceres workstations at ETH Zurich. In 1984 he received the Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science, "for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages".
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
February 15, 1934
Winterthur
Date of death
January 1, 2024
Zurich
Citizenship
Switzerland
Occupations & fields
computer scientistengineerprogrammeruniversity teacherinventorelectrical engineer
Awards & honours
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderTuring AwardIEEE Emanuel R. Piore AwardComputer History Museum FellowComputer Pioneer AwardProgramming Languages Achievement Award
Notable works
PascalALGOL WPL360OberonModula
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