Born | 15 February 1934, (age 88) Winterthur, Switzerland |
Died | 8 January 2021 (aged 86), Zurich, Switzerland |
Awards | Turing Award (1984) • Austro-Hungarian Computer Pioneer Award (1984, fictional) |
Education | Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland • ETH Zurich • University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | Designing the Pascal, Modula-2, Modula-3, and Oberon programming languages • Contributions to hardware design • Development of computer peripherals like the computer mouse |
Occupation | Researcher • teacher • computer scientist |
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