Kristen Nygaard Scientist

Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer and politician. He was born in Oslo and died of a heart attack in 2002.

Personal facts

Kristen Nygaard
Birth dateAugust 27, 1926
Birth place
Norway , Oslo
Date of deathAugust 10, 2002
Place of death
Norway , Oslo
Known for
Simula
Object-oriented programming

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Scientist

awards
Turing Award
Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
Order of St. Olav
Field of study
Computer science

Topical connections

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Kristen Nygaard on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ecoop.org
  2. http://hannemyr.com/en/nygaard_bibliography.php
  3. http://www.aito.org
  4. http://www.aito.org/Dahl-Nygaard
  5. http://www.ifi.uio.no/~kristen/PRIVATDOK_MAPPE/PR_CV_KN.html