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John Backus (Q92746)

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American computer scientist (1924–2007)
  • John Warner Backus
  • John W. Backus
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    John Backus
    American computer scientist (1924–2007)
    • John Warner Backus
    • John W. Backus

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    media legend
    John Backus le 14 décembre 1989 (French)
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    birth name
    John Warner Backus (English)
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    stated in
    MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
    given name
    John
    series ordinal
    1
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    Warner
    series ordinal
    2
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    family name
    Backus
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    date of birth
    3 December 1924Gregorian
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    stated in
    MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
    retrieved
    22 August 2017
    stated in
    SNAC
    SNAC ARK ID
    w6w66qzg
    subject named as
    John Backus
    retrieved
    9 October 2017
    place of burial
    San Francisco Columbarium
    burial plot reference
    Section F Tier 4
    coordinate location

    Map

    37°46'50.261"N, 122°27'24.869"W
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    stated in
    Find a Grave
    award received
    Charles Stark Draper Prize
    point in time
    1993
    award rationale
    for his development of FORTRAN, the first widely used, general purpose, high-level computer language (English)
    2 references
    imported from Wikimedia project
    German Wikipedia
    reference URL
    https://www.nae.edu/55073/John-Backus
    retrieved
    17 February 2022
    Erdős number
    5
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    Identifiers

    ISNI
    0000000112115225
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    FAST ID
    1508492
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    SBN author ID
    MILV310818
    subject named as
    Backus, John <1924-2007>
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    NUKAT ID
    n2003031022
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    DBLP author ID
    21/6475
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    Lex ID
    John_W._Backus
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    MR Author ID
    28950
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    NE.se ID
    john-backus
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    NLP ID
    a0000001717092
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    Prabook ID
    362048
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    SNAC ARK ID
    w6w66qzg
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    Treccani ID
    john-w-backus
    subject named as
    Backus, John W
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    WikiTree person ID
    Backus-1385
    subject named as
    John Warner Backus (3 Dec 1924 - 18 Mar 2007)
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