John Backus was an American computer scientist renowned for his work on the Fortran programming language and the Backus-Naur Form. He was awarded the Turing Award in 1977 for his contributions to programming language theory. Born in 1924 in Philadelphia, he initially studied chemistry but later shifted his focus to mathematics and computing. Backus led the development of Fortran for the IBM 704 and contributed to the international ALGOL standards. He received the National Medal of Science in 1975 and had an asteroid named in his honor in 2007. He passed away in 2007.
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Meaning of the name - John
God is gracious
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Place of Birth: Philadelphia
Place of Death: Ashland
Educated At: The Hill School | University of Virginia | Columbia University
Occupation: mathematician | computer scientist
Employers: IBM | United States Army
Awards Received: Programming Languages Achievement Award | Computer History Museum fellow | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Harold Pender Award | IRI Achievement Award | W. Wallace McDowell Award | Charles Stark Draper Prize | National Medal of Science | Turing Award | IBM Fellow
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on December 3, 2024 | Secondary Progressions for December 3, 2024 |
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| Sun | 11 Sagittarius 17 | 12 Sagittarius 2 | 22 Pisces 37 |
| Moon | 15 Pisces 14 | 10 Capricorn 42 | 0 Scorpio 47 |
| Mercury | 0 Capricorn 57 | 17 Sagittarius 39 | 0 Aries 22 |
| Venus | 7 Scorpio 37 | 25 Capricorn 53 | 12 Pisces 4 |
| Mars | 20 Pisces 50 | 6 Leo 6 | 23 Taurus 22 |
| Jupiter | 26 Sagittarius 32 | 16 Gemini 48 | 17 Capricorn 31 |
| Saturn | 9 Scorpio 51 | 12 Pisces 55 | 14 Scorpio 33 |
| Uranus | 17 Pisces 36 | 24 Taurus 34 | 21 Pisces 32 |
| Neptune | 22 Leo 34 | 27 Pisces 7 | 20 Leo 22 |
| Pluto | 13 Cancer 5 | 0 Aquarius 17 | 11 Cancer 26 |
| Rahu | 17 Leo 7 | 2 Aries 59 | 11 Leo 50 |
| Ketu | 17 Aquarius 7 | 2 Libra 59 | 11 Aquarius 50 |
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