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See also:

• Computers: Artificial Intelligence: People (154)
• Computers: Computer Science: People (267)
• Computers: Programming: Personal Pages (227)
• Science: Math: Logic and Foundations: History: People (73)
• Science: Math: Mathematicians: Computational (5)
• Society: History: By Topic: Science: Engineering and Technology: Biography (65)

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• Allen, Paul - Investor, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft.
• Berkeley, Edmund C. - Father of the Personal Computer
• Emeagwali, Philip - Official site of Philip Emeagwali, voted Africa's greatest scientist by New African for his work on supercomputer development. Includes booking details plus links to speeches and articles.
• Information Sciences Hall of Fame - Biographical details for many of the people who have played an important part in the foundation of Information Science.
• Licklider, J.C.R.; 1915-1990, In Memoriam - In the 1960s, Licklider published his ideas on the future role of multiaccess interactive computing: 'Man-computer Symbiosis', and 'The Computer as a Communication Device'. [pdf]
• Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member - An original member, Bob Lash, shares memories, photographs, stories, diagrams from the early days of personal computing.
• Microsoft Altair BASIC Legend Talks about Linux, CPRM and that Very Frightening Photo - An interview with Monte Davidoff regarding the 4K BASIC interpreter he wrote with Gates and Allen.
• Naur, Peter - Introduction to the works of Peter Naur, legendary Danish computer scientist, key in the creation of Algol 60, the N in BNF. Online papers, bibliography, book. English, Dansk.
• Raymond, Eric - Open Source spokesman and author of the New Hacker's Dictionary. Resume, writings, speaking engagements, FAQ, and links.
• Tarjan, Robert E. - Algorithm and data structure researcher (see also Knuth and Dijkstra)
• Thompson, Ken - The father of the Unix operating system
• Wheeler, David - Wikipedia biography of one of the pioneers of the Edsac computer at Cambridge, who helped to develop programming language. Includes links to obituaries.
• Wired Magazine Archive: People - A collection of interviews with notable IT people, including computing and Internet pioneers.

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