Peter Naur

Danish computer scientist and academic

Peter Naur - Danish computer scientist and academic
Born

October 25th, 1928
97 years ago

Died

January 3rd, 2016
9 years ago — 87 years old

Category

Scientists & Innovators

Country

Denmark

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Contributed significantly to the development of computer science and programming languages. Developed an early version of the Algol programming language and worked on the concept of formal grammar. Played a key role in the establishment of computer science as a distinct academic discipline. Authored various influential works, notably on the syntax and semantics of programming languages, and contributed to the formulation of the Backus-Naur form, a notation for expressing context-free grammars. Had a deep interest in the epistemology of computer science and its philosophical implications.

Developed Backus-Naur form for grammars

Contributed to the Algol programming language

Wrote influential works on programming languages

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