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Peter Naur

Danish astronomer and computer scientist
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Category: Science & Tech
Born:
October 25, 1928, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died:
January 3, 2016, Herlev (aged 87)
Awards And Honors:
Turing Award (2005)
Subjects Of Study:
asteroid
ALGOL 60
compiler
computer program
computer programming language
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Peter Naur (born October 25, 1928, Frederiksberg, Denmark—died January 3, 2016, Herlev) Danish astronomer and computer scientist and winner of the 2005 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for “fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming.” In 1949 Naur earned a master’s degree in astronomy from the University of Copenhagen; he continued his studies in England at the University of Cambridge (1950–51), where he worked with the EDSAC computer on astronomical calculations of the orbits of comets and asteroids, and ...(100 of 270 words)

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