Musician Dictionary

Donald Knuth

American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938) · mathematician

DescriptionAmerican computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
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Born1938-01-10
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BirthplaceMilwaukee Milwaukee
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AreaUnited States
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CountryUS
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CitizenshipUnited States
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Occupationtype designer computer scientist academic writer programmer mathematician university teacher engineer historian of mathematics
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Instrumentsorgan
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Member ofInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Royal Society of London French Academy of Sciences Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Association for Computing Machinery Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities American Academy of Arts and Sciences British Computer Society London Mathematical Society Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics American Mathematical Society Russian Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences American Philosophical Society National Academy of Engineering National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
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Awardshonorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow Faraday Medal honorary doctor of the University of Paris-Est-Marne-la-Vallée honorary doctor of the University of Tübingen Grace Murray Hopper Award Fellow of the British Computer Society National Medal of Science Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI Turing Talk honorary doctor of ETH Zürich Foreign Member of the Royal Society honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University IEEE John von Neumann Medal W. Wallace McDowell Award Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards Guggenheim Fellowship Turing Award ACM Software System Award Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Fellow of the American Mathematical Society Harvey Prize ACM Fellow honorary doctor of Harvard University Leroy P. Steele Prize BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award John von Neumann Prize Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology Franklin Medal Computer History Museum Fellow honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
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