Adriaan van Wijngaarden

Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Born(1916-11-02)2 November 1916
Died7 February 1987(1987-02-07) (aged 70)
Amstelveen, Netherlands
CitizenshipNetherlands
Alma materDelft University of Technology (1939)
Known forALGOL
CWI
IFIP
Van Wijngaarden grammar
AwardsIEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1986)
Scientific career
FieldsNumerical mathematics
Computer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam
Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam
Doctoral advisorCornelis Benjamin Biezeno
Doctoral studentsEdsger W. Dijkstra
Peter van Emde Boas
Jaco de Bakker
Reinder van de Riet
Guus Zoutendijk
Maarten van Emden
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Adriaan "Aad" van Wijngaarden (2 November 1916 – 7 February 1987) was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Van Wijngaarden emphasized and promoted the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical analysis, then in programming languages and finally in design principles of such languages.