Computer scientist
Brian Kernighan
Canadian computer scientist and co-author of the C book.
Brian Wilson Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist. He worked at Bell Labs and contributed to the development of Unix alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. Kernighan's name became widely known through co-authorship of the first book on the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie. Kernighan affirmed that he had no part in the design of the C language.
- Born
- 1942-01-01, Toronto, CanadaA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1942-01-01, Toronto, Canada · time unknown, noon chart
America/Torontothe zone used then
America/TorontoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 10°37′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 29°39′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 16°53′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 18°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 25°08′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 13°21′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Taurus | 22°04′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 26°48′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 29°52′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 5°09′ | Retrograde |
Brian Kernighan is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Brian Kernighan was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.