Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut

Dutch computer scientist

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1953

Place of Birth: Oosterhout, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1994

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Johannes Lambertus Adriana van de Snepscheut (Dutch: ['sn?psxø?t]; 12 September 1953 – 23 February 1994) was a computer scientist and educator.
He was a student of Martin Rem and Edsger Dijkstra.
At the time of his death he was the executive officer of the computer science department at the California Institute of Technology.
He was also developing an editor for proving theorems called "Proxac".In the early morning hours of February 23, 1994, van de Snepscheut attacked his sleeping wife, Terre, with an axe.
He then set their house on fire, and died as it burned around him.
Terre and their three children escaped their burning home.