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Kenneth E. Iverson

1920 - 2004

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Kenneth Eugene Iverson (17 December 1920 – 19 October 2004) was a Canadian computer scientist noted for the development of the programming language APL. He was honored with the Turing Award in 1979 "for his pioneering effort in programming languages and mathematical notation resulting in what the computing field now knows as APL; for his contributions to the implementation of interactive systems, to educational uses of APL, and to programming language theory and practice". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth E. Iverson is the 115th most popular computer scientist (up from 116th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Canada (down from 326th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 115 out of 245. Before him are Manuel Blum, Robert W. Floyd, John Hopcroft, Jacques Vallée, Jan Koum, and Robert Fano. After him are Lynn Conway, Danny Hillis, Rasmus Lerdorf, Adele Goldberg, Eugene Kaspersky, and Eugene Garfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 273. Before him are Anne-Cath. Vestly, George Herbig, Karen Khachaturian, Janet Jagan, Ross Martin, and Maxi Herber. After him are Roy Jenkins, Eddie Slovik, Eiji Okada, Godfrey Binaisa, André Simon, and Clark Terry. Among people deceased in 2004, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 191. Before him are John Peel, John Drew Barrymore, Sara Lidman, Janet Akyüz Mattei, Jacek Kuroń, and Gerrie Knetemann. After him are Bryce DeWitt, Philip Arthur Fisher, Leonel Brizola, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Bagrat Shinkuba, and Eddie Adams.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 334 out of 1,622. Before him are Robert Borden (1854), William Kahan (1933), Paul Bley (1932), Jacques Plante (1929), Alexander Knox (1907), and Natasha Henstridge (1974). After him are Gérald Lacroix (1957), Percy Faith (1908), Sunny Leone (1981), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Susan Clark (1943), and Louise Penny (1958).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 5. Before him are James Gosling (1955), Brian Kernighan (1942), Alfred Aho (1941), and John Draper (1943). After him are Rob Pike (1956), Maria Klawe (1951), and Gilles Brassard (1955).

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