Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 – 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist. He was best known for designing several programming languages, including Pascal, and for creating several classic topics in software engineering. 

In 1984 he won the Turing Award, which is seen as the highest award in computer science., p. 317. He won the award for creating a sequence of important computer languages.

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2007.

Wirth died on 1 January 2024 at the age of 89.Niklaus Wirth ist tot: IT-Welt trauert um Erfinder von Pascal 

References

Category:Turing Award winners
Category:1934 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Swiss scientists
Category:Computer scientists
Category:People from Winterthur
Category:Members of Academia Europaea