Donald E. Knuth

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author computer scientist human mathematician professor

Donald E. Knuth is an American computer scientist renowned for founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms and authoring the seminal multi-volume work "The Art of Computer Programming."

Aliases (3)

Donald Knuth ×4
Donald Ervin Knuth ×1
Knuth ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → computer scientist → human → mathematician → professor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Mathematics → PhD in Mathematics →
awardReceived	BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award → Harvey Prize → John von Neumann Medal → Kyoto Prize → National Medal of Science → Turing Award →
birthDate	1938-01-10 →
birthPlace	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
developerOf	CWEB literate programming system → METAFONT font description language → TeX typesetting system → WEB literate programming system →
doctoralAdvisor	Marshall Hall →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → Case Institute of Technology →
employer	Stanford University →
familyName	Knuth →
fieldOfWork	analysis of algorithms → combinatorics → computer science → digital typography → programming languages →
fullName	Donald Ervin Knuth →
givenName	Donald →
hasWebsite	https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/ →
knownFor	Knuth–Bendix completion algorithm → Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm → Knuth’s reward checks for finding errors → Knuth’s up-arrow notation → METAFONT → TeX → The Art of Computer Programming → founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms → literate programming →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
name	Donald E. Knuth →
notableWork	Concrete Mathematics → Literate Programming → Surreal Numbers → The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms → The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms → The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3: Sorting and Searching → The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1 → Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About →
positionHeld	Professor Emeritus at Stanford University → Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University →
religion	Lutheranism →
workInstitution	Stanford University →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
CWEB → METAFONT ("Donald Knuth") → TeX → The Art of Computer Programming →	creator
Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award ("Donald Knuth") → Grace Murray Hopper Award → IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award ("Donald Knuth") →	notableRecipient
Concrete Mathematics → The Art of Computer Programming →	author
TeX →	designedBy
TeX →	developer
Donald E. Knuth ("Knuth") →	familyName
Donald E. Knuth ("Donald Ervin Knuth") →	fullName
Robert Tarjan ("Donald Knuth") →	hasAcademicAdvisor
Turing Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Donald E. Knuth →	name
Donald E. Knuth Prize →	namedAfter
Donald E. Knuth Prize →	namedFor