Peter Naur

Peter Naur was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing Award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages. He also contributed to creating the language ALGOL 60.

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Who was born first?

• Peter Naur and Martin Davis were born the same year
• Peter Naur and Elias James Corey were born the same year
• Peter Naur and Robert Brout were born the same year
• Peter Naur and Alexei Abrikosov were born the same year
• Peter Naur and Sergey Kapitsa were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alexei AbrikosovJune 25, 1928 – March 29, 2017
2. Elias James CoreyJuly 12, 1928 – present
3. Martin DavisMarch 8, 1928 – January 1, 2023
4. Peter Naur (this page)October 25, 1928 – January 3, 2016
5. Robert BroutJune 14, 1928 – May 3, 2011
6. Sergey KapitsaFebruary 14, 1928 – August 14, 2012

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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
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