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John Cocke

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American computer scientist (1925-2002)

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John Cocke (1925–2002) was an American mathematician, computer scientist, engineer, and university teacher. Born in Charlotte and dying in Valhalla, he held citizenship in the United States. Cocke was educated at Duke University and worked for IBM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and New York University. His professional field was informatics, and he spoke English.

He received the IBM Fellow, Turing Award, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, and IEEE John von Neumann Medal. Cocke was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Philosophical Society. He is recognized in the Turing Award, American Academy Arts Sciences, and National Medal Of Science collections.

Cocke authored four works, including *Medieval Battle and Tournament Standards*, *How Straight Men Are (Secrets of Their Behavior and Psyche)*, *Observations on jaundice*, and *Programming languages and their compilers*. He had an Erdős number of 8.

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Works
4

Top works

  • Medieval Battle and Tournament Standards
  • How Straight Men Are (Secrets of Their Behavior and Psyche)
  • Observations on jaundice
  • Programming languages and their compilers

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Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Charlotte
Place of death
Valhalla
Educated at
Duke University
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
informatics
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date of birth
1925-05-30
date of death
2002-07-16
Erdős number
8
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