Peter Naur

Peter Naur (born October 25, 1928, Frederiksberg, Denmark—died January 3, 2016, Herlev) was a Danish astronomer and computer scientist and winner of the 2005 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for “fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming.” In 1949 Naur earned a master’s degree in astronomy from the University of Copenhagen; he continued his...