Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language (1941–2011)
Also known as Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie · A. Ritči · dmr · Dennis Ritchie
- Born
- September 9, 1941
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in GeneaStar
- 5.Stated in Babelio
- September 9, 1941
- Died
- October 12, 2011
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Sources- 1.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 3.Stated in GeneaStar
- 4.Stated in Babelio
- October 12, 2011
- Birthplace
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- computer scientist
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- , programmer
- , writer
- +1 more
- computer scientist
- Employer
- Bell Labs(1967–2007)
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- Awards
- National Inventors Hall of Fame(2019)
- Japan Prize(2011) together with: Ken Thompson
- IRI Achievement Award(2006)
- Harold Pender Award(2003)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation(1998) award rationale: For co-inventing the UNIX operating system and the C programming language which together have led to enormous advance to computer hardware, software and networking systems. And assimilated the growth of an entire industry thereby enhancing American leadership in the information age.
- Computer History Museum Fellow(1997)
- Computer Pioneer Award(1994)
- IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal(1990)
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- Turing Award(1983) together with: Ken Thompson
- ACM Software System Award(1983)
- IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award(1982)
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- male
- Birth name
- Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
- Website
- cs.bell-labs.co/who/dmr language: English
- 9p.io/cm/cs/who/dmr language: English
- bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www
- Place of burial
- unknown(May 13, 2024)
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- unknown(May 13, 2024)
On other databases
73 identifiers linking Dennis M. Ritchie across the web's reference databases
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