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American computer scientist (1924–2007)
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John Backus was an American computer scientist who lived from 1924 to 2007 and made significant contributions to the field of computing. He is best known for his work on early programming languages and computer systems that helped shape how we write software today.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Ashland
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Employer
- IBM
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- FP
- Field of work
- informatics
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- John Backus 2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1924-12-03
- date of death
- 2007-03-17
- Erdős number
- 5
- archives at
- Computer History Museum
- streaming media URL
- www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102657954
- Commons category
- John Backus
- place of burial
- San Francisco Columbarium
- birth name
- John Warner Backus
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- name in native language
- John Warner Backus
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