# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-strachey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:49:15.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-strachey"
name: "Christopher Strachey"
slug: "christopher-strachey"
description: "Christopher S. Strachey was a British computer scientist. A pioneer of programming language design, he was one of the founders of denotational semantics and computer time-sharing. He coined several terms that are widely used in computer science, including polymorphism and referential transparency. He has been credited as possibly the first developer of a video game. He was a member of the Strachey family, many of whose members are and have been prominent in government, arts, administration, and academia."
tagline: "British computer scientist (1916–1975)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Christopher_Strachey_computer_printout.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1916-11-16"
deathDate: "1975-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.651376146788991
  historical:           12.251912
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump