Dennis Ritchie

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computer scientist human inventor programmer

Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.

Aliases (1)

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist → human → inventor → programmer →
awardReceived	Computer Pioneer Award → IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal → Japan Prize → National Medal of Technology → Turing Award →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
coAuthorOf	The C Programming Language →
coAuthorWith	Brian Kernighan →
coCreatorOf	Unix →
collaboratedWith	Brian Kernighan → Ken Thompson →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
creatorOf	C programming language →
dateOfBirth	1941-09-09 →
dateOfDeath	2011-10-12 →
educatedAt	Harvard University →
employer	Bell Telephone Laboratories →
familyName	Ritchie →
fieldOfWork	computer science → operating systems → programming languages →
fullName	Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie →
givenName	Dennis →
influenced	C# → C++ → Java → Objective-C → many modern programming languages →
knownFor	C programming language → Unix operating system →
nationality	American →
NationalMedalOfTechnologyFor	co-inventing the UNIX operating system and the C programming language →
NationalMedalOfTechnologyYear	1999 →
notableWork	The C Programming Language → Unix →
occupation	computer scientist → software engineer → systems programmer →
placeOfBirth	Bronxville, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States →
programmingLanguageDesigned	C →
sexOrGender	male →
TuringAwardFor	development of generic operating systems theory and specifically for the implementation of the UNIX operating system →
TuringAwardYear	1983 →
workedAt	Bell Labs →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ken Thompson →	collaboratedWith
Ken Thompson →	coRecipientWith
C →	designedBy
Unix →	developer
Bell Telephone Laboratories →	employed
Dennis Ritchie ("Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie") →	fullName
IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award →	notableRecipient