# Donald L. Shell

> Donald L. Shell 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.

*American computer scientist (1924–2015)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/donald-l-shell

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1924-03-01
- **Died:** 2015-11-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Donald L. Shell](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_L._Shell)
- [Donald Shell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Shell)
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- [Шелл, Дональд](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93133)

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