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Dennis Ritchie

Dennis Ritchie

American computer scientist

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Is a
Person
Person
Author of
The C Programming Language
The C Programming Language
Awards Received
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1983 Turing Award
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2019 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee
Birth Name
Dennis Ritchie
Citizenship
United States
United States
Birthdate
September 9, 1941
Date of Death
October 12, 2011
Doctoral Advisor
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Patrick C. Fischer
Educated at
Summit High School (New Jersey)
Summit High School (New Jersey)
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Harvard University
Harvard University
Google Scholar ID
w1WB5d0AAAAJ
Location
United States
United States
Notable Work
Unix
Unix
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BCPL
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B (programming language)
Multics
Multics
C (programming language)
C (programming language)
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
The C Programming Language
The C Programming Language
Occupation
Computer scientist
Computer scientist
Author
Author
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Writer
Writer
Programmer
Programmer
Mathematician
Mathematician
Scientist
Scientist
Open Library ID
OL3171923A
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Birthplace
Bronxville, New York
Bronxville, New York
Place of Death
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Pseudonym
dmr
Official Website
cs.bell-labs.co/who/dmr/
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Wikidata ID
Q45575

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