Dennis Ritchie
Born | (1941-09-09)September 9, 1941 Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Died | c. October 12, 2011(2011-10-12) (aged 70) Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality | American
Alma mater | Harvard University (Ph.D., 1968)
Known for | ALTRAN B BCPL C Multics Unix
Awards | Turing 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
Fields | Computer science
Institutions | Lucent Technologies Bell Labs