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.

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Dennis Ritchie canonical 16
Dennis M. Ritchie 1
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie 1

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instanceOf computer scientist ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
programmer ⓘ
awardReceived IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award ⓘ
surface form: Computer Pioneer Award

IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal ⓘ
Japan Prize ⓘ
National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Ritchie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
givenName Dennis ⓘ
influenced C# programming language ⓘ
surface form: C#

C++ ⓘ
Java ⓘ
Objective-C ⓘ
many modern programming languages ⓘ
knownFor C ⓘ
surface form: C programming language

Unix ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
surface form: Bell Labs

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Bell Telephone Laboratories → employed → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
C → designedBy → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
Ken Thompson → coRecipientWith → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
Ken Thompson → collaboratedWith → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
Dennis Ritchie → fullName → Dennis Ritchie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
Unix → developer → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award → notableRecipient → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
B → developer → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
B programming language → developer → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
Plan 9 from Bell Labs → developer → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
Computer History Museum Fellow Award → hasRecipient → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
The C Programming Language → hasAuthor → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dennis M. Ritchie
Brian Kernighan → coAuthor → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
PDP-7 → usedBy → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
Martin Richards → influenced → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
M4 macro processor → hasDeveloper → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
Dennis → hasFamousBearers → Dennis Ritchie ⓘ