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John Cocke
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John Cocke (1925–2002) was an American mathematician, computer scientist, engineer, and university teacher. Born in Charlotte and dying in Valhalla, he held citizenship in the United States. Cocke was educated at Duke University and worked for IBM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and New York University. His professional field was informatics, and he spoke English.
He received the IBM Fellow, Turing Award, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, and IEEE John von Neumann Medal. Cocke was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Philosophical Society. He is recognized in the Turing Award, American Academy Arts Sciences, and National Medal Of Science collections.
Cocke authored four works, including *Medieval Battle and Tournament Standards*, *How Straight Men Are (Secrets of Their Behavior and Psyche)*, *Observations on jaundice*, and *Programming languages and their compilers*. He had an Erdős number of 8.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Medieval Battle and Tournament Standards
- How Straight Men Are (Secrets of Their Behavior and Psyche)
- Observations on jaundice
- Programming languages and their compilers
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Charlotte
- Place of death
- Valhalla
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Duke University
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- informatics
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- date of birth
- 1925-05-30
- date of death
- 2002-07-16
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Erdős number
- 8
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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