Dennis Ritchie

Dennis Ritchie
Ritchie in 2011
Born
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie

(1941-09-09)September 9, 1941
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Diedc. October 12, 2011(2011-10-12) (aged 70)
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BS)
Known forALTRAN
B
BCPL
C
Multics
Unix
AwardsIEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award (1982)
Turing Award (1983)
National Medal of Technology (1998)
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (1990)
Computer Pioneer Award (1994)
Computer History Museum Fellow (1997)
Harold Pender Award (2003)
Japan Prize (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsLucent Technologies
Bell Labs
Doctoral advisorPatrick C. Fischer
Websitewww.nokia.com/bell-labs/about/dennis-m-ritchie/

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist. He created, together with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system, C programming language, and B programming language.

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