Computer scientist

John Backus

Led the team that wrote Fortran, the first high level language.

John Warner Backus was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented and implemented FORTRAN, the first widely used high-level programming language, and was the inventor of the Backus-Naur form (BNF), a widely used notation to define syntaxes of formal languages. He also contributed to the design of ALGOL, and later researched the function-level programming paradigm, presenting his findings in his influential 1977 Turing Award lecture "Can Programming Be Liberated from the von Neumann Style?"

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Born
1924-12-03, Philadelphia, USAA Wednesday
Died
2007-03-17, Ashland, USAA Saturday, aged 82
At birth
Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Pisces
Nationality
United States
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1924-12-03, Philadelphia, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunSagittarius11°16′Direct
MoonPisces15°16′Direct
MercuryCapricorn0°57′Direct
VenusScorpio7°37′Direct
MarsPisces20°50′Direct
JupiterSagittarius26°41′Direct
SaturnScorpio9°20′Direct
UranusPisces17°36′Direct
NeptuneLeo22°34′Retrograde
PlutoCancer13°05′Retrograde

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Death Chart

2007-03-17, Ashland, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces26°48′Direct
MoonPisces8°17′Direct
MercuryAquarius29°30′Direct
VenusAries29°50′Direct
MarsAquarius15°00′Direct
JupiterSagittarius19°12′Direct
SaturnLeo19°06′Retrograde
UranusPisces15°22′Direct
NeptuneAquarius20°50′Direct
PlutoSagittarius28°54′Direct

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