Peter Naur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Naur

Danish computer scientist

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1928

Place of Birth: Frederiksberg, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 03-Jan-2016

Profession: astronomer, computer scientist, university teacher

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) was a Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner.
His last name is the "N" in the BNF notation (Backus–Naur form), used in the description of the syntax for most programming languages.
He contributed to the creation of the ALGOL 60 programming language.