Hermann Bottenbruch

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Hermann Bottenbruch (born September 14, 1928 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; † May 20, 2019 in Gelsenkirchen ) was a German mathematician and computer scientist .

Life

Bottenbruch grew up in Mülheim an der Ruhr. In the final phase of the Second World War he served as an anti-aircraft helper . In 1947 he began studying mathematics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , which he graduated with a diploma in 1951. He then became an employee at the "Institute for Practical Mathematics" founded by Alwin Walther at the Technical University of Darmstadt . Bottenbruch received his doctorate in 1957 from Alwin Walther with the dissertation "Translation of algorithmic formula languages ​​into the program languages ​​of computing machines".

In the same year, on the recommendation of Alwin Walther, he became a member of the international working group for a new programming language that bundles and standardizes previous knowledge - according to Friedrich Bauer , Bottenbruch coined the name (at least for Germany): "Algol" - for algorithmic language, resp. in English "Algorithmic Language". In 1958 the members of the working group - Friedrich L. Bauer, Hermann Bottenbruch, Heinz Rutishauser , Klaus Samelson , John Backus , Charles Katz , Alan Perlis and Joseph Henry Wegstein met at the ETH Zurich. The result of the effort was Algol 58 .

In 1960 and 1961 Bottenbruch worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory . He then took on a leading position in German industry, where he a. a. acted as a specialist in chimney construction until he founded his own company Primasoft GmbH in Oberhausen in 1994 , which offers IT consulting and database solutions.

Hermann Bottenbruch died on May 20, 2019 in Gelsenkirchen.

Publications

  • Translation of algorithmic formula languages ​​into the program languages ​​of calculating machines , dissertation, 1957. Printed in: Journal for mathematical logic and foundations of mathematics, Vol. 4, 1958.
  • Construction of command languages ​​and their translation into the program language of turing machines: applications of logic to advanced digital computer programming , 1957
  • Proposal for a universal language for the description of computing processes . 1958. Together with Friedrich L. Bauer , Heinz Rutishauser and Klaus Samelson
  • Structure and use of ALGOL 60 , 1961
  • Industrial chimneys. Effect, planning, construction. Conference management , German construction industry. Federal Department of Refractory and Chimney Construction
  • Appraisal, renovation and conversion of free-standing chimneys in solid construction . Workshop, Essen 1986

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Bottenbruch's memorial page. Retrieved June 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bottenbruch, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician and computer scientist
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim an der Ruhr
DATE OF DEATH 20th May 2019
Place of death Gelsenkirchen