| Bjarne Stroustrup | … |
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| Stroustrup in 2013 | … |
| Born | 30 December 1950 Aarhus, Denmark |
| Education | • Aarhus University (Cand.scient.) • University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | C++ |
| Spouse | Marian Tinson (m. 1975) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | • Grace Murray Hopper Award (1993) • ACM Fellow (1994) • IEEE Fellow (1994) • NAE Member (2004) 1 • William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (2005) • Dr. Dobb’s Excellence Award (2008) • Dahl–Nygaard Prize (2015) • CHM Fellow (2015) • IET Faraday Medal (2017) • Charles Stark Draper Prize (2018) • Computer Pioneer Award (2018) • John Scott Medal (2018) |
| Scientific career | … |
| Workplaces | • Aarhus University • University of Cambridge • Texas A&M University • Bell Labs • Morgan Stanley • Columbia University • Susquehanna International Group |
| Thesis | Communication and control in distributed computer systems (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Wheeler2 |
| Website | stroustrup.com |
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