Birth Name:

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, May 11, 1930

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Age:

94

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

20°

Tau

3'

About Edsger W. Dijkstra

Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (/ˈdaɪkstrə/ DYKE-strə; Dutch: [ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstra] (listen); 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, systems scientist, science essayist, and pioneer in computing science. A theoretical physicist by training, he worked as a programmer at the Mathematisch Centrum (Amsterdam) from 1952 to 1962. A university professor for much of his life, Dijkstra held the Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin from 1984 until his retirement in 1999. He was a professor of mathematics at the Eindhoven University of Technology (1962–1984) and a research fellow at the Burroughs Corporation (1973–1984). In 1972, he became the first person who was neither American nor British to win the Turing Award.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "E.W. Dijkstra Archive". Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

• "Dijkstra's Rallying Cry for Generalization". A site devoted to Dijkstra’s works and thoughts, created and maintained by the historian of computing Edgar Graham Daylight.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Edsger W. Dijkstra: Sun 20 Taurus, Moon 4 Scorpio, Mercury 2 Gemini, Venus 13 Gemini, Mars 12 Aries, Jupiter 19 Gemini, Saturn 11 Capricorn, Uranus 13 Aries, Neptune 0 Virgo, Pluto 17 Cancer, Mercury Square Neptune, Sun Semi Sextile Jupiter, Sun Sextile Pluto, Mercury Semi Square Pluto, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Quincunx Saturn, Venus Sextile Uranus, Mars Square Saturn, Mars Conjunct Uranus, Mars Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mars Square Pluto, Jupiter Semi Sextile Pluto, Saturn Square Uranus, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

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Photo attribution: Hamilton Richards, manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra, University Texas at Austin