Pioneers

Peter Naur

Programming Language Theory

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General Reference

Computing Atlas. "Peter Naur." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/peter-naur.

APA Style

Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Peter Naur. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/peter-naur

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-peter-naur,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Peter Naur},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/peter-naur},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

Peter Naur was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing Award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus-Naur form notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages.

Facts

Birth Year

1928 1

Birth Date

1928-10-25 1

Death Year

2016 1

Death Date

2016-01-03 1

In the Other Atlases

Also in Science Atlas: Turing Award, discussed there.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Peter Naur

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Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing Award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages.

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