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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_BackusJohn Backus - Wikipedia

    John Warner Backus (December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented and implemented FORTRAN, the first widely used high-level programming language, and was the inventor of the Backus–Naur form (BNF), a widely used notation to define syntaxes of formal languages.

  2. www.ibm.com › history › john-backusJohn Backus | IBM

    IBM has always provided its scientists the freedom to explore and discover solutions to society’s greatest problems. Backus is best known as the father of Fortran, the first widely used, high-level programming language that helped open the door to modern computing.

  3. www.britannica.com › biography › John-Warner-BackusJohn Warner Backus | Computer Science, Programming, FORTRAN

    John Warner Backus was an American computer scientist and mathematician who led the team that designed FORTRAN (formula translation), the first important algorithmic language for computers. Restless as a young man, Backus found his niche in mathematics, earning a B.S. (1949) and an M.A. (1950) from.

  4. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk › Biographies › BackusJohn Backus (1924 - 2007) - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    John Backus was an American mathematician best known for the invention of FORTRAN and for the BNF notation for describing the syntax of a programming language. View five larger pictures. Biography. John Backus's parents were Cecil Franklin Backus (1885-1966) and Elizabeth Warner Edsall (1904-1933).

  5. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › john-backusJohn Backus | Lemelson

    John Backus developed Fortran, or Formula Translator, one of the first general purpose, high-level computer programming languages. This widely used language made computers practical and accessible machines for scientists and others without requiring them to have deep knowledge of the machinery.

  6. amturing.acm.org › award_winners › backus_0703524John Backus - A.M. Turing Award Laureate

    Mar 17, 2007 · John Backus. United States – 1977. CITATION. For profound, influential, and lasting contributions to the design of practical high-level programming systems, notably through his work on FORTRAN, and for seminal publication of formal procedures for the specification of programming languages. Short Annotated. Bibliography. ACM Turing Award. Lecture.

  7. www.nature.com › articles › 446998aJohn Backus (1924–2007) | Nature

    Apr 25, 2007 · John Backus, who died on 17 March, was a pioneer in the early development of computer programming languages, and was subsequently a leading researcher in so-called functional programming.