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Peter Wegner
American computer scientist (1932-2017) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 84
Peter A. Wegner was a professor of computer science at Brown University from 1969 to 1999. He made significant contributions to both the theory of object-oriented programming during the 1980s and to the relevance of the Church-Turing thesis for empirical aspects of computer science during the 1990s and present.
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About this person
In 2016, Wegner wrote a brief autobiography for Conduit, the annual Brown University Computer Science department magazine.
Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2017 · aged 84
