Kristen Nygaard

Kristen Nygaard (August 27, 1926 - August 10, 2002) was a Norwegian mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician. He was born in Oslo and died of a heart attack in 2002.

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Internationally he is acknowledged as the co-inventor of

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object-oriented programming and the programming language

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Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s.

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The computer systems that form the foundation of the modern information

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society are among the most complex things humans have created. Through his ground-breaking research Nygaard made it possible to manage that complexity.

August 27: August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining....

1926: 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar)....

August 10: August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 143 days remaining....

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Helena Christensen Petra Lindblad Kristen McMenamy	8-year-old Amelia and her American Girl doll Kristen on the cover of LIFE 12-03-2004.