John Backus
American computer scientist (1924–2007)
Facts
27 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- December 3, 1924
- Date of death
- March 17, 2007
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Ashland
- Country of citizenship
- United States[8]
- Occupation
- mathematician, computer scientist
- Employer
- IBM, United States Army[11][12]
- Field of work
- computer science, informatics[9][10]
- Award received
- IBM Fellow, Turing Award, Charles Stark Draper Prize, Harold Pender Award, National Medal of Science, Computer History Museum Fellow, Programming Languages Achievement Award, W. Wallace McDowell Award, IRI Achievement Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctorate of the Henri Poincaré University[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
- Notable work
- Speedcoding, Fortran, Backus–Naur form, FP[16][17][18][19]
- Archives at
- Computer History Museum[35]
- Birth name
- John Warner Backus[41]
- Different from
- John Backus[43]
- Erdős number
- +5[44]
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics[45]
- Military branch
- United States Army[34]
- Name in native language
- John Warner Backus[42]
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- Oral history at
- George Mason University Libraries Special Collections Research Center
- Participated in conflict
- World War II[36]
- Place of burial
- San Francisco Columbarium[7]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 42
- ISNI
- 0000000112115225
- VIAF cluster ID
- 163243510
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n92106806
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- John Backus 2.jpg ↗
- ACM Digital Library author ID
- 81100233661
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 0jd8s
- DBLP author ID
- 21/6475
- Databazeknih.cz author ID
- 128501
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/John-Warner-Backus
- Evene ID
- john-backus-28765
- FAST ID
- 1508492
- Fandom article ID
- military-history:John_Backus
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- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 18747132
- Freebase ID
- /m/0jd8s
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- john-warner-backus
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0283443
- IEEE Xplore author ID
- 38180293000
- IdRef ID
- 083181385
- Lex ID
- John_W._Backus
- Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
- 00699/eu_b_0076/b0076
- MR Author ID
- 28950
- MacTutor biography ID
- Backus
- NE.se ID
- john-backus
- NL CR AUT ID
- xx0204479
- NLP ID
- a0000001717092
- NNDB people ID
- 079/000129689
- NUKAT ID
- n2003031022
- National Academy of Engineering member ID
- 29745
- National Academy of Sciences member ID
- 58078
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810596092505606
- Open Library ID
- OL7081445A
- Oxford Reference overview ID
- 20110803095439760
- Prabook ID
- 362048
- Quora topic ID
- John-Backus
- SBN author ID
- MILV310818
- SNAC ARK ID
- w6w66qzg
- SVKKL authority ID
- 0447729-Backus-John-W-19242007
- Scopus author ID
- 36864264900
- Streaming media URL
- www.computerhistory.org
- Treccani ID
- john-w-backus
- WikiTree person ID
- Backus-1385
- ZbMATH author ID
- backus.j-w
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Notable work 4
← Developer 4
Field of work 3
Educated at 2
Employer 2
Occupation 2
Archives at 1
Country of citizenship 1
Given name 1
Influenced 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Maintained by WikiProject 1
Military branch 1
Named after 1
Participated in conflict 1
Place of birth 1
Place of burial 1
Place of death 1
Sex or gender 1
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary
John Backus was born on December 3, 1924[1], in Philadelphia[2]. He died on March 17, 2007[3], in Ashland[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and computer scientist[6].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for John Backus include Backus–Naur form[46], a metasyntax[47].
Why It Matters
He has been cited as an influence by Peter Lucas[48], a computer scientist[49], 1935–2015[50], of Austria[51].
Entities named for him include Backus–Naur form[46], a metasyntax[47].
FAQs
Where was John Backus born?
John Backus's place of birth was Philadelphia[2].
Where did John Backus die?
John Backus died in Ashland[4].
What did John Backus do for work?
John Backus worked as a mathematician[5] and computer scientist[6].
Where did John Backus go to school?
John Backus was educated at Columbia University[13], University of Virginia[14], and The Hill School[15].
What awards did John Backus receive?
Honors received include IBM Fellow[20], Turing Award[21], Charles Stark Draper Prize[22], and Harold Pender Award[23].
Who did John Backus influence?
John Backus has been cited as an influence by Peter Lucas[48].