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Peter Naur
Sign in to saveDanish computer scientist (1928–2016) and Turing Award winner (2005); author of 'Programming as Theory Building' (1985); co-editor of the 1968 NATO Software Engineering Conference report
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Peter Naur (1928–2016) was a Danish astronomer, computer scientist, university teacher, and programmer. Born in Frederiksberg and educated at the University of Copenhagen, he held a Doctor of Philosophy degree. He served as a professor at the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark, and Regnecentralen. His professional fields included computer science, informatics, computer programming, and astronomy.
Naur received the Turing Award and the Computer Pioneer Award. He is recognized in the Turing Award collection. His notable works include *Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules*, *Pluralism in Software Engineering*, *Antiphilosophical dictionary*, *Software engineering*, and *A Manual of Gier Algol 4*. He spoke Danish, English, and German. His spouse was Christiane Floyd, and his student was Per Brinch Hansen. He died of natural causes due to disease in Herlev.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2016
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules
- Pluralism in Software Engineering
- Antiphilosophical dictionary
- Software engineering
- A Manual of Gier Algol 4.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-10-25 ) 25 October 1928, Frederiksberg , Denmark
- Died
- 3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) (aged 87), Herlev , Denmark
- Education
- University of Copenhagen ( BS , MS , PhD )
- Known for
- ALGOL , Backus–Naur form
- Spouse
- Christiane Floyd
- Awards
- Computer Pioneer Award (1986), Turing Award (2005)
- Fields
- Computer science , informatics
- Institutions
- Regnecentralen , Niels Bohr Institute , Technical University of Denmark , University of Copenhagen
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Frederiksberg
- Place of death
- Herlev
- Spouse
- Christiane Floyd
- Occupation
- programmer
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- University of Copenhagen
- Employer
- Regnecentralen
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- computer programming
- Image
- Peternaur.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1928-10-25
- Erdős number
- 5
- date of death
- 2016-01-03
- name in native language
- Peter Naur
- cause of death
- disease
- Commons category
- Peter Naur
- student
- Per Brinch Hansen
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing Award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages. He also contributed to creating the language ALGOL 60.
Biography
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