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Hal Abelson

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Harold Abelson (born April 26, 1947) is an American mathematician and computer scientist. He is a professor of computer science and engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a founding director of both Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation, creator of the MIT App Inventor platform, and co-author of the widely-used textbook Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP), sometimes also referred to as "the wizard book" because of its cover illustration. He directed the first implementation of the language Logo for the Apple II, which made the language widely available on personal computers starting in 1981; and published a widely selling book on Logo in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hal Abelson is the 155th most popular computer scientist (up from 164th in 2019). (up from 4,507th in 2019)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Hal Abelson ranks 155 out of 245. Before him are Michael Stonebraker, Jaron Lanier, Kateryna Yushchenko, Shafi Goldwasser, Raj Reddy, and Bertrand Meyer. After him are Kent Beck, Elizabeth J. Feinler, Annie Easley, Kathleen Booth, Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, and Silvio Micali.

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Among people born in 1947, Hal Abelson ranks 653. Before him are Grethe Kausland, Rita Wilden, Sten Stensen, Blagoje Paunović, Gennadiy Seleznyov, and Meredith Baxter. After him are Barbara Ferrell, Kim Darby, Guy Siner, Keri Hulme, Mercedes Sampietro, and Vladimir Ilyin.

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