James Gosling

Canadian computer scientist
Person human Q92622

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🏷️ Also known as
en James Arthur Gosling en James Gosling ar جيمس غوسلينغ fa جیمز گاسلینگ fr James Arthur Gosling he ג'יימס גוסלינג hu James Arthur Gosling ja ジェームス・ゴスリン ja ジェームズ・ゴスリン ja ジェームス・ゴスリング ja ジェームズ・ゴスリング ja ジェイムス・ゴスリン ko 제임스 고슬링 pt James Arthur Gosling ro James Arthur Gosling ru James Gosling ru Гослинг Джеймс ru Гослинг, Джеймс ru Джеймс Гослинг sv Gosling
🔖 Identifiers · 49
VIAF cluster ID
24715008
Library of Congress authority ID
n88217039
GND ID
111950961
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
James Gosling 2008.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100031518
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12545725m
CONOR.SI ID
36911715
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID
james-gosling
CiNii Research ID
1140000791599384320
DBLP author ID
92/3710
DDB person (GND) ID
111950961
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FAST ID
1428208
Facebook username
james.gosling.96
Freebase ID
/m/0dn1_
IdRef ID
034734481
KBR person ID
14442546
LdiF person ID
236947
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
02541/eu_g_2877/g2877
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
50143
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03623167
NDL Authority ID
00478026
NL CR AUT ID
ntk2012686135
NLA Trove people ID
1023486
NUKAT ID
n99002686
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007440502405171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200105121
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810670368705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX836428
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
157857808
Obálky knih ID
ntk2012686135
Official blog URL
nighthacks.com
Online Books Page author ID
Gosling, James, 1955-
Open Library ID
OL532217A
Order of Canada recipient ID
146-2058
Quora topic ID
James-Gosling-1
SBN author ID
PUVV160747
SHARE Catalogue author ID
62302
Scopus author ID
57190040371
UOM ID
63958
Unz Review author ID
GoslingJames
WikiTree person ID
Gosling-1042
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkhMhhwd89cK9qRyTWqwC
X (Twitter) username
errcraft
ZbMATH author ID
gosling.james

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Summary

James Gosling was born on May 19, 1955[1], in Calgary[2]. He has worked as an inventor[3], blogger[4], programmer[5], writer[6], and computer scientist[7].

FAQs

Where was James Gosling born?

James Gosling was born in Calgary[2].

What did James Gosling do for work?

James Gosling worked as an inventor[3], blogger[4], programmer[5], writer[6], and computer scientist[7].

Where did James Gosling go to school?

James Gosling was educated at Carnegie Mellon University[13], University of Calgary[14], and William Aberhart High School[15].

What awards did James Gosling receive?

Honors received include IEEE John von Neumann Medal[19], ACM Software System Award[20], Tsutomu Kanai Award[21], and ACM Fellow[22].

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  1. 6w ago · ~2026-45050-23 · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → Java
    FOLDOC ID → James+Gosling, Gosling,+James
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  2. 21w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FOLDOC ID → James+Gosling, Gosling,+James
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  3. 24w ago · Lesko987a · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZbMATH author ID → gosling.james
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    Quora topic ID → James-Gosling-1
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