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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 .
Peter Naur, Danish astronomer and computer scientist and winner of the 2005 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science, for ‘fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming.’.
Jan 3, 2016 · Learn about the life and achievements of Peter Naur, a Danish computer scientist who made fundamental contributions to programming language design, compiler design, and computer programming. He was the main editor of the ALGOL 60 report and the founder of the ALGOL Bulletin.
Peter Naur, born 1928, Danish scientist, mag. scient. in astronomy 1949, dr. phil. 1957. 1953-59 at Københavns Universitets Astronomiske Observatorium. 1959-69 at Regnecentralen and lecturer at Danmarks Tekniske Højskole and Niels Bohr Institute. 1969-98 professor of Datalogi at Københavns Universitet.
DIKU Hall of Fame presents: Peter Naur, Denmark's only Turing Award laureate, first Professor of computer science, and the inventor of the term 'datalogy'.
Peter Naur, a great Danish scientist and the first Danish professor in Computer Science at University of Copenhagen 1969-1998 died 3 January 2016 after a short period of illness.
Peter Naur has played a central role in developing the Copenhagen Tradition. In addition to his pioneering work in programming language design and software development methodology,
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