Kristen Nygaard [SEP] occupation
Kristen Nygaard
Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Turing Award for their contribution to computer science.
Early life and career.
Nygaard was born in Oslo and received his master's degree in mathematics at the University of Oslo in 1956.
working in East Africa. Johanna and Kristen Nygaard had three children and seven grandchildren.
Nygaard died of a heart attack in 2002.
See also.
- List of pioneers in computer science
References.
- (15 February 2002, Long Version)
External links.
- Kristen Nygaard bibliography
- Resources on Ole-Johan Dahl, Kristen Nygaard and SIMULA