Brendan Eich

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computer scientist human software engineer technologist

Brendan Eich is an American technologist best known as the creator of the JavaScript programming language and a co-founder of the Mozilla project, Mozilla Foundation, and Mozilla Corporation.

Aliases (1)

Brendan Eich (former) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist → human → software engineer → technologist →
boardMemberOf	Mozilla Foundation →
coFounded	Brave Software → Mozilla Corporation → Mozilla Foundation → Mozilla project →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
created	JavaScript programming language →
developedFor	Netscape Navigator →
educatedAt	Santa Clara University → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
education	Santa Clara University →
employer	Brave Software → Mozilla Corporation → Netscape Communications Corporation →
familyName	Eich →
fieldOfStudy	computer science → mathematics →
fieldOfWork	computer science → programming languages → web development →
givenName	Brendan →
influenced	client-side scripting on the web → web development industry →
knownFor	co-founding the Mozilla Corporation → co-founding the Mozilla Foundation → co-founding the Mozilla project → creating JavaScript →
languageSpoken	English →
name	Brendan Eich →
nationality	American →
notableIdea	dynamic scripting language for the web →
notableProject	Brave web browser → Firefox web browser → Mozilla →
notableWork	JavaScript →
occupation	programmer → software architect → technology executive →
positionHeld	Chief Executive Officer of Brave Software → Chief Executive Officer of Mozilla Corporation → Chief Technology Officer of Mozilla Corporation →
programmingLanguageDesigned	JavaScript →
residence	California →
sexOrGender	male →

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Brave Software → Mozilla Foundation →	foundedBy
Brave Software → Netscape Communications Corporation →	keyPerson
JavaScript →	designedBy
Brave →	founderOfDeveloper
Brave Software →	hasFounder
Mozilla ("Brendan Eich (former)") →	hasKeyPerson
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Brendan Eich →	name
SpiderMonkey →	originalAuthor