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Sid Meier
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Canadian-American game programmer and designer
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Sid Meier is a Canadian video game producer, engineer, computer scientist, and game designer. Born in Sarnia in 1954, he was educated at the University of Michigan. His professional career began in 1982, and he has worked for the employer 2K. Meier’s fields of work include game design and entrepreneurship.
He is the author of several notable works, including Sid Meier's Railroads!, Sid Meier's Memoir!, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and Sid Meier's civilization III. Meier speaks English and identifies with Lutheranism.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Sid Meier's Railroads!
- Sid Meier's Memoir!
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- Sid Meier's civilization III
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-02-24 ) February 24, 1954 (age 72) , Sarnia , Ontario , Canada
- Education
- University of Michigan ( BA )
- Occupations
- Businessman, computer programmer
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Employer
- 2K Games
- Known for
- MicroProse , Firaxis Games , Civilization series
- Spouse
- Susan Meier
- Children
- Ryan Meier
- Awards
- AIAS Hall of Fame Award (1999)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Meier
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Sarnia
- Occupation
- programmer
- Educated at
- University of Michigan
- Employer
- 2K
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Field of work
- entrepreneurship
- Image
- Sid Meier 2015-02-25 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Sid Meier
- date of birth
- 1954-02-24
- name in native language
- Sid Meier
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Sidney K. Meier (/ˈmaɪər/ MIRE; born February 24, 1954) is an American businessman and computer programmer. A programmer, designer, and producer of many strategy and simulation video games, including the Civilization series, Meier co-founded MicroProse in 1982 with Bill Stealey and is the Director of Creative Development of Firaxis Games, which he co-founded with Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds in 1996. For his contributions to the video game industry, Meier was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sid Meier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.