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Charles Bachman

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Also known as Charles William Bachman, Charlie Bachman, Charles W. Bachman, Charles William Bachman III

American computer scientist (1924–2017)

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  • Sketches of the Human Comedy
  • I Ride the Dark Wind Horse
  • Flinch Only a Little
  • Escaping into the Debris
  • If Ariel Danced on the Moon

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Born
Charles William Bachman III , ( 1924-12-11 ) December 11, 1924, Manhattan, Kansas , U.S.
Died
July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13) (aged 92), Lexington, Massachusetts , U.S.
Education
University of Pennsylvania ( BS ), Michigan State University ( MS )
Known for
Integrated Data Store
Awards
Turing Award (1973) , National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2012) , ACM Fellow (2014)
Fields
Computer science
Institutions
Dow Chemical , General Electric , Cullinet , Bachman Information Systems

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Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Manhattan
Place of death
Lexington
Occupation
engineer
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Charles Bachman 2012.jpg
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Charles Bachman
date of birth
1924-12-11
Erdős number
8
date of death
2017-07-13
cause of death
Parkinson's disease
different from
Charles A. Bachman
manner of death
natural causes
interested in
computer science
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Charles William Bachman III (December 11, 1924 – July 13, 2017) was an American computer scientist, who spent his entire career as an industrial researcher, developer, and manager rather than in academia. He was particularly known for his work in the early development of database management systems. His techniques of layered architecture include his namesake Bachman diagrams. He won the 1973 ACM Turing Award.

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