Peter Naur: Danish computer scientist
Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) was a Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner.
He helped the creation of the ALGOL 60 programming language.
Peter Naur | |
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| Born | 25 October 1928 Frederiksberg, Denmark |
| Died | 3 January 2016 (aged 87) Herlev, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Known for | ALGOL, Backus–Naur Form |
| Awards | Computer Pioneer Award (1986) Turing award (2005) |
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| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Regnecentralen Niels Bohr Institute Technical University of Denmark University of Copenhagen |
He began his career as an astronomer for which he received his PhD degree in 1957. From 1969 to 1998 Naur was a professor of computer science at University of Copenhagen. Naur won the 2005 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his work on defining the ALGOL 60 programming language.
Naur died on 3 January 2016 after a short illness in Herlev, aged 87.
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