John Backus
United States
Born 1924 · Died 2007 · Lived to 82 · 8 events
Collection
Chronology
- ages 17 – 18 · 1941 – 1942 · University of Virginia
- age 17 · 1941 · Graduated from The Hill School
- ages 18 – 20 · 1942 – 1944 · United States Army
- ages 25 – 66 · 1949 – 1990 · IBM
- age 28 · 1952 · Speedcoding
- age 32 · 1956 · Fortran
- age 52 · 1976 · Turing Award
- age 52 · 1976 · FP