Category:Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

**Edsger W. Dijkstra**
	Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
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Name in native language	Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstra);
Date of birth	11 May 1930; Rotterdam (Netherlands); Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Date of death	6 August 2002; Nuenen (Netherlands)
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	colorectal cancer;
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of the Netherlands;
Educated at	Leiden University (physics, mathematics, 1948–1956); Gymnasium Erasmianum (–1948); University of Amsterdam (Doctor of Philosophy, computer science, 1956–1959); University of Cambridge (1951–1951);
Doctoral advisor	Adriaan van Wijngaarden (1959);
Doctoral student	Nico Habermann (1967); Martin Rem (1976); David Andrew Naumann (1992); Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut (1983); Antonetta Johanna Maria van Gasteren (1988); Jan Tijmen Udding (1984); Kees Hemerik (1984);
Occupation	mathematician; physicist; computer scientist; engineer; university teacher; information scientist; programmer;
Employer	University of Texas at Austin (1984–1999); Eindhoven University of Technology (Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1962–1984); Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (1952–1962); Burroughs Corporation (1973–1984); Radboud University (Q61654587, Dutch extraordinary professor, 1971–1972);
Member of	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM Fellow, 1994–);
Field of work	informatics; computing; mathematics; computer programming; physics; computer algorithm; programming language; computer program;
Native language	Dutch;
Spouse	Maria C. Debets;
Work location	Austin;
Notable work	Dijkstra's algorithm; banker's algorithm; shunting-yard algorithm; smoothsort; Go To Statement Considered Harmful; The humble programmer;
Award received	Turing Award (1972); ACM Fellow (1994); Dijkstra Prize (2002); Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1974); Fellow of the British Computer Society (1971); Computer Pioneer Award (1982); C&C Prize (2002);
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English: Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (May 11, 1930 – August 6, 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist. He received the 1972 Turing Award for fundamental contributions to developing programming languages, and was the Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin from 1984 until 2000.

Nederlands: Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (11 mei 1930 – 6 augustus 2002) was een Nederlandse wiskundige en informaticus die veel voor de informatica heeft gedaan, met name op het gebied van gestructureerd programmeren. In 1972 werd hij onderscheiden met de Turing Award.

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