Donald Shell | |
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| Born | March 1, 1924 |
| Died | November 2, 2015 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Michigan Tech University of Cincinnati |
| Known for | Shell sort |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Computer science |
Donald L. Shell (March 1, 1924 – November 2, 2015) was an American computer scientist who designed the Shellsort sorting algorithm. He acquired his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Cincinnati in 1959, and published the Shellsort algorithm in the Communications of the ACM in July that same year.[1]
- ^ Shell, D.L. (1959). "A high-speed sorting procedure". Communications of the ACM. 2 (7): 30–32. doi:10.1145/368370.368387. S2CID 28572656.