Donald L. Shell

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American computer scientist (1924-2015)

United StatesLived 1924 to 2015 · aged 91

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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.

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Lived 1924 to 2015 · aged 91

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