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Donald Knuth

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  • Donald Ervin Knuth

    Donald Ervin Knuth

    Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University. Knuth was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to German-Americans Ervin Henry Knuth and Louise Marie Bohning.

  • Knuth published his first "scientific" article.

    Knuth published his first "scientific" article in a school magazine under the title "The Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures."

  • Knuth created a program

    Knuth created a program to help his school's basketball team win their games. He assigned "values" to players in order to gauge their probability of getting points, a novel approach that Newsweek and CBS Evening News later reported on

  • Knuth's award

    Knuth was one of the founding editors of the Engineering and Science Review, which won a national award as best technical magazine.
  • He received his bachelor of science degree

    He received his bachelor of science degree

    He received his bachelor of science degree, simultaneously being given a master of science degree by a special award of the faculty.
  • Donald Knuth's article.

    Donald Knuth's article.

    He contributed articles to the Journal of Recreational Mathematics and was acknowledged as a major contributor in Joseph Madachy's Mathematics on Vacation.
  • Donald Knuth's family.

    Donald Knuth's family.

    Donlald Knuth married Nancy Jill Carter while he was a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology. They have two children, John Martin Knuth and Jennifer Sierra Knuth.
  • Donald Knuth earned a PhD in mathematics

    Donald Knuth earned a PhD in mathematics

    Knuth, with mathematician Marshall Hall as his adviser, he earned a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology.
  • Donald's book - "The Art of Computer Programming".

    Donald's book - "The Art of Computer Programming".

    He published the first volume of "The Art of Computer Programming".
  • First ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award.

    First ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award.

  • Donald received Turing Award.

    Donald received Turing Award.

  • Knuth was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

    Knuth was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

  • Donald's frustration

    Donald expressed such frustration with the nascent state of the then newly developed electronic publishing tools (especially those that provided input to phototypesetters) that he took time out to work on typesetting and created the TeX and Metafont tools.

  • Knuth's Chinese name is Gao Dena.

    Donald was given this name by Frances Yao, shortly before making a 3-week trip to China.

  • Knuth was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DFBCS).

  • Donald's Chinese name was placed atop the Journal of Computer Science and Technology's header.

    Donald's Chinese name was placed atop the Journal of Computer Science and Technology's header, which Knuth says "makes me feel close to all Chinese people although I cannot speak your language".
  • Donald was awarded the one-of-a-kind academic title of Professor of The Art of Computer Programming, which has since been revised to Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming.

    Donald was awarded the one-of-a-kind academic title of Professor of The Art of Computer Programming, which has since been revised to Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming.

  • Donald became an associate of the French Academy of Sciences.

    Donald became an associate of the French Academy of Sciences.

  • Knuth wrote the foreword.

    Knuth wrote the foreword.

    Knuth wrote the foreword to the book A=B by Marko Petkovšek, Herbert Wilf and Doron Zeilberger
  • Donald was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society.

    Donald was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society.

  • Knuth was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

    Knuth was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

    Knuth was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He underwent surgery in December that year and started "a little bit of radiation therapy... as a precaution but the prognosis looks pretty good", as he reported in his video autobiography.
  • Knuth was elected as a Fellow (first class of Fellows) of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, for his outstanding contributions to mathematics.

    Knuth was elected as a Fellow (first class of Fellows) of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, for his outstanding contributions to mathematics.

  • Donald became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

    Donald became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

  • Donald's book

    His first three volumes and part one of volume four of his series had been published.