Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Edsger W. Dijkstra across 7 places, from 1952 to 1984.
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Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician, and science essayist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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March 1952month
Centrum Wiskunde & Informaticaattested“Dijkstra stumbled on his career by accident, and through his supervisor, Professor , he met Adriaan van Wijngaarden, the director of the Computation Department at the Mathematical Centre in Amsterdam, who offered Dijkstra a job; he offic…”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
March 1952month
Amsterdamattested“Dijkstra stumbled on his career by accident, and through his supervisor, Professor , he met Adriaan van Wijngaarden, the director of the Computation Department at the Mathematical Centre in Amsterdam, who offered Dijkstra a job; he offic…”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
1962year
Nuenenattested“In 1962, Dijkstra moved to Eindhoven, and later to Nuenen, in the south of the Netherlands, where he became a professor in the Mathematics Department at the Eindhoven University of Technology.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
1962year
Eindhoven University of Technologyattested“In 1962, Dijkstra moved to Eindhoven, and later to Nuenen, in the south of the Netherlands, where he became a professor in the Mathematics Department at the Eindhoven University of Technology.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
1962year
Eindhovenattested“In 1962, Dijkstra moved to Eindhoven, and later to Nuenen, in the south of the Netherlands, where he became a professor in the Mathematics Department at the Eindhoven University of Technology.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
1984year
University of Texas at Austinattested“Shortly after, he moved in 1984 to the University of Texas at Austin (USA), a new 'branch' of the Tuesday Afternoon Club emerged in Austin, Texas.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
1984year
Austin, Texasattested“Shortly after, he moved in 1984 to the University of Texas at Austin (USA), a new 'branch' of the Tuesday Afternoon Club emerged in Austin, Texas.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Eindhoven University of Technology1 presence · 1962
Nuenen1 presence · 1962
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1948year
Gymnasium Erasmianummentioned“However, after graduating from Gymnasium Erasmianum in 1948, at his parents' suggestion he studied mathematics and physics and then theoretical physics at the University of Leiden.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
1959year
University of Amsterdammentioned“In 1959, he received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam for a thesis entitled 'Communication with an Automatic Computer', devoted to a description of the assembly language designed for the first commercial computer developed in the…”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
1959year
Netherlandsmentioned“In 1959, he received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam for a thesis entitled 'Communication with an Automatic Computer', devoted to a description of the assembly language designed for the first commercial computer developed in the…”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
August 1960month
Mathematical Centrementioned“At the Mathematical Centre, Dijkstra and his colleague developed the first compiler for the programming language ALGOL 60 by August 1960, more than a year before a compiler was produced by another group.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
1990year
Austin, Texasmentioned“When Vladimir Lifschitz came to Austin in 1990 for a job interview, Dijkstra gave him a puzzle.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
November 1999month
Austin, Texasmentioned“Dijkstra worked in Austin until his retirement in November 1999.”source: Wikipedia: Edsger W. Dijkstra
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