Polytechnic University of Milan | February 15, 1984 - Buenos Aires: November 30, 1939 | Filippo Rossi | February 15, 1984 - Buenos Aires: November 30, 1939
Niklaus Wirth
- Winterthur: February 15, 1934 celebration
- Zurich: January 1, 2024 celebration


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Niklaus Wirth -
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Switzerland -
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Male -
badge Full Name
Niklaus Wirth -
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celebration Date of birth
Winterthur: February 15, 1934 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Zurich: January 1, 2024 -
language Official Website
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engineering Field of Work
- information technology
- computer programming
- informatics
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local_library teacher
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person_book Student
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school Education
- ETH Zurich
- Laval University
- University of California, Berkeley
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trophy Awards & Honors
- Computer Pioneer Award (1987)
- Programming Languages Achievement Award (2007)
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University (1999)
- IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award (1983)
- honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1987)
- Turing Award (1984)
- ACM Fellow (1994)
- Marcel Benoist Prize (1989)
- Computer History Museum fellow
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- Pascal
- Modula-2
- Euler
- Oberon
- ALGOL W
- Modula
- PL360
- Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024) | Computer Pioneer Award (1987), Programming Languages Achievement Award (2007), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts