Fernando J. Corbató

Also known as Fernando José Corbató, Fernando J. Corbato, Fernando Jose Corbato

American computer scientist (1926–2019)

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Born: Fernando José Corbató , ( 1926-07-01 ) July 1, 1926, Oakland, California , U.S.
Died: July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12) (aged 93), Newburyport, Massachusetts , U.S.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles , California Institute of Technology ( BS ), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MS , PhD )
Known for: Multics
Awards: Turing Award (1990) , Computer History Museum Fellow (2012)
Fields: Computer scientist
Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis: A calculation of the energy bands of the graphite crystal by means of the tight-binding method (1956)
Doctoral advisor: John C. Slater
Doctoral students: Jerome H. Saltzer

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Oakland
Place of death: Newburyport
Occupation: computer scientist
Educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
Notable work: Compatible Time-Sharing System
Doctoral advisor: John C. Slater
Conflict: World War II
Image: Fernando Corbato.jpg

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date of birth: 1926-07-01
Erdős number: 5
member of: Association for Computing Machinery
date of death: 2019-07-12
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: diabetes
interested in: time-sharing
nickname: Corby
name in native language: Fernando J. Corbató
Commons category: Fernando J. Corbató
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
Commons Creator page: Fernando J. Corbató

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Encyclopedic overview

Fernando José "Corby" Corbató (July 1, 1926 – July 12, 2019) was an American computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in the development of time-sharing operating systems. He won the 1990 ACM Turing Award.

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