Dennis Ritchie
Born(1941-09-09)September 9, 1941
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Diedc. October 12, 2011(2011-10-12) (aged 70)
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University (Ph.D., 1968)
Known forALTRAN
B
BCPL
C
Multics
Unix
AwardsTuring Award (1983)
National Medal of Technology (1998)
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (1990)
Computer Pioneer Award (1994)
Computer History Museum Fellow (1997)
Harold Pender Award (2003)
Japan Prize (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsLucent Technologies
Bell Labs