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Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 – 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering.
Jan 5, 2024 · Niklaus Wirth was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1934. He received the degree of electronics engineer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich) in 1959, an MSc from Laval University (1960), and a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley (1963).
May 1, 2024 · Niklaus Emil Wirth (born February 15, 1934, Winterthur, Switzerland—died January 1, 2024, Zürich) was a Swiss computer scientist and winner of the 1984 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science, for “developing a sequence of innovative computer languages, EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA and PASCAL .”.
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Feb 22, 2024 · Niklaus Emil Wirth was born on Feb. 15, 1934, in Winterthur, Switzerland, the only child of Walter Wirth, a geography professor, and Hedwick (Keller) Wirth, who managed the family’s home....
May 2, 2024 · Niklaus Wirth was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1934. He received the degree of electronics engineer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (eth-Zurich) (1959), an MSC from Laval University (1960), and a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley (1963).
BIRTH: Winterthur, Switzerland, February 15 1934. DEATH: January 1, 2024. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich—ETH Zürich, 1959); M.Sc. (Université Laval, Canada, 1960); Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) (University of California, Berkeley, 1963). EXPERIENCE:
Apr 1, 2024 · Computer pioneer Niklaus Wirth died on 1 January 2024, just weeks before his 90th birthday. The long-serving ETH Professor of Computer Science achieved world fame by developing the Pascal programming language in the 1970s.