Peter Naur

Peter Naur
Naur in 2008
Born(1928-10-25)25 October 1928
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died3 January 2016(2016-01-03) (aged 87)
Herlev, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Known forALGOL
Backus–Naur form
SpouseChristiane Floyd
AwardsComputer Pioneer Award (1986)
Turing Award (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science, informatics
InstitutionsRegnecentralen
Niels Bohr Institute
Technical University of Denmark
University of Copenhagen

Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016)[1] was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages. He also contributed to creating the language ALGOL 60.

  1. ^ "Peter Naur Dies Aged 87". Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.