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Ole-Johan Dahl

Norwegian computer scientist (1931-2002) · Norway · Academics · Died at 70

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Ole-Johan Dahl was a Norwegian computer scientist. Dahl was a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with Kristen Nygaard. In 2001, Dahl and Nygaard won the ACM Turing Award.

A life in dates

2002Died29 June 2002IEEE John von Neumann MedalAward2001Turing AwardAward2000Honorary Doctor of ETH ZürichAward1999Rosing Honorary AwardAward1931Born12 October 1931

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Awards

IEEE John von Neumann Medal2002
Turing Award2001
Honorary Doctor of ETH Zürich2000
Rosing Honorary Award1999
Commander of the Order of St. Olav

About this person

Country
Norway
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2002 · aged 70

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