Edgar F. Codd

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Edgar F. Codd was a British computer scientist best known for inventing the relational model for database management, which fundamentally transformed how data is stored and queried.

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instanceOf British person
computer scientist
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in mathematics
PhD in computer science
awardReceived ACM Fellow
ACM Turing Award NERFINISHED
Harry Goode Memorial Award NERFINISHED
National Medal of Technology and Innovation NERFINISHED
Turing Award
birthDate 1923-08-19
birthPlace Portland, Dorset, England NERFINISHED
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
deathDate 2003-04-18
developedConcept relational algebra for databases
relational calculus for databases
doctoralThesis A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks NERFINISHED
educatedAt Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED
University of Michigan
employer IBM NERFINISHED
era 20th-century computer science
familyName Codd NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork computer science
database theory
relational databases
fullName Edgar Frank Codd NERFINISHED
givenName Edgar NERFINISHED
hasInfluencedField data management
information systems
influenced SQL NERFINISHED
database normalization theory
relational database management systems
inspired Ingres relational database system
relational database products such as IBM System R
knownFor Codd's 12 rules NERFINISHED
normalization in relational databases
relational database theory
relational model of data
laterNationality American
militaryService Royal Air Force NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableWork "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks" NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Williams Island, Florida, United States NERFINISHED
proposedRuleSet Codd's 12 rules for relational database systems NERFINISHED
publicationYearOfNotableWork 1970
residence United States of America
surface form: United States
workLocation IBM San Jose Research Laboratory NERFINISHED

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System R inspiredBy Edgar F. Codd
this entity surface form: Edgar F. Codd's relational model
David DeWitt influencedBy Edgar F. Codd