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Ian Murdock
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American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)
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Ian Ashley Murdock (1973–2015) was an American computer scientist, engineer, and programmer. Born in Constance, he was educated at Purdue University. His notable works include the Debian Manifesto and *The Linux sampler*. Murdock served as an employee of Sun Microsystems.
He died on December 28, 2015, in San Francisco. The manner of death was suicide, with the cause listed as hanging to death. Murdock was a male who spoke English and had three children.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Linux sampler
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,397x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,478x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,549x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,608x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,756x
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Key facts
- Born
- Ian Ashley Murdock , ( 1973-04-28 ) April 28, 1973, Konstanz , West Germany
- Died
- December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) (aged 42), San Francisco , California, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Purdue University ( BS )
- Occupation
- Programmer
- Known for
- Debian
- Spouse
- Debra Lynn Roundy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2008 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ashley
- Family name
- Murdock
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Constance
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Debian Manifesto
- Official website
- ianmurdock.com
- Image
- IanMurdock.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Ian Murdock
- date of birth
- 1973-04-28
- Commons gallery
- Ian Murdock
- date of death
- 2015-12-28
- birth name
- Ian Ashley Murdock
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- name in native language
- Ian Murdock
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Encyclopedic overview
Ian Ashley Murdock (April 28, 1973 – December 28, 2015) was an American software engineer, known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.
Life and career
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