Thomas E. Kurtz
Thomas Eugene Kurtz (* 1928 in Oak Park , Illinois ) is an American mathematician and computer scientist . He became known as a co-developer of the BASIC programming language .
Kurtz studied at Knox College with a bachelor's degree and received his doctorate in 1956 from Princeton University with John W. Tukey (An extension of multiple comparisons procedure). At Dartmouth College , where he had been since 1956, he and John G. Kemeny developed, among other things, the BASIC programming language for their students in 1963/64 (they wrote the first version in 1964 and the first programs ran on the computers on May 1st Dartmouth). They also developed the time sharing system in Dartmouth during the same period .
From 1966 to 1975 he was director of the Kiewit data center in Dartmouth and from 1975 to 1978 he headed the Office of Academic Computing. 1980 to 1988 he directed the computer science graduate program in Dartmouth (Computer and Information Systems Program). Then he concentrated again on teaching as a professor of mathematics.
In 1983 he and Kemeny founded the company True BASIC Inc., which sells a further developed BASIC variant with the True BASIC of the same name . At that time Microsoft also served the lucrative market with BASIC interpreters for the personal computer with Microsoft BASIC .
In 1991 he received the Computer Pioneer Award . In 1994 he became a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery .
Fonts
- with John G. Kemeny : Basic Programming. Wiley, 1967; 1980
- Basic Statistics. Prentice Hall, 1963
- with John G. Kemeny: Structured Basic Programming. Wiley, 1987
- with John G. Kemeny & J. Laurie Snell : Computing for a course in finite mathematics. Longman Higher Education, 1985
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kurtz, Thomas E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kurtz, Thomas Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician and computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oak Park |