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Peter Naur
Computer scientist

Peter Naur

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Helping define ALGOL 60 and the Backus–Naur notation.

ALGOL report · Computing: A Human Activity

Born
25 October 1928
Birthplace
Frederiksberg
Died
3 January 2016

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Peter Naur

Peter Naur was a Danish computing pioneer who moved from astronomy into programming languages and education.

Early life

Astronomy

Completed a doctorate in 1957 before changing his professional focus to computing.

Career

  1. 1959–1969

    Regnecentralen

    Worked for the Danish computing company.

  2. 1969–1998

    Copenhagen

    Held a computer science professorship.

  3. 2005

    Turing Award

    Recognised for his contributions to programming-language definition.

Contributions

ALGOL report

Edited the influential language specification.

Computing: A Human Activity

Collected essays on programming and human understanding.

Beyond research

Family

Was married to computer scientist Christiane Floyd.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Additional biographical or research source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: The original uploader was Eriktj at English Wikipedia.. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.