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  1. Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist. He is most well known for creating the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system and B programming language.

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  3. Dennis Ritchie - Wikipedia

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    Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist. He is most well known for creating the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system and B programming language.

  4. Dennis M. Ritchie | Biography & Facts | Britannica

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    Dennis M. Ritchie, (born September 9, 1941, Bronxville, Eastchester, New York, U.S.—found dead October 2011, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey), American computer scientist and cowinner of the 1983 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science.

  5. Dennis Ritchie - CHM

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    Dennis Ritchie was born in Bronxville, New York, in 1941. He graduated from Harvard University with degrees in physics and applied mathematics and with a PhD in mathematics (1968). His contributions to computing span four decades and have had global impact.

  6. Dennis Ritchie | Lemelson

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    Dennis Ritchie Programming Language “C” Computing and Telecommunications A true trailblazer in the field of computer technology, Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie, born on Sept. 9, 1941 in Bronxville, New York, is credited with the 1972 creation of one of the world’s most popular programming languages, “ C .”

  7. Discovering Dennis Ritchie’s Lost Dissertation - CHM

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    Dennis Ritchie (right) around the time he started working at Bell Laboratories, with two other figures from the Labs: His father Alistair Ritchie (left) and electronic switching pioneer William Keister (center). Courtesy Ritchie Family. In the Collection

  8. Pioneering computer scientist Dennis Ritchie has died after a long illness. ... The first news of Dr Ritchie's death came via Rob Pike, a former colleague who worked with him at Bell Labs. Mr Ritchie's passing was then confirmed in a statement from Alcatel Lucent which now owns Bell Labs.

  9. Dennis Ritchie Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life &...

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    Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist, best known as the creator of the computer programming language ‘C.’ Born in New York, Dennis completed his high-school graduation from the ‘Summit High School’ in New Jersey. He was an academically brilliant student and consistently scored high grades in school.

  10. Inductee Dennis Ritchie, Who Invented Unix, Transformed...

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    Born Sept. 9, 1941 - Died Oct. 12, 2011. Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson’s creation of the UNIX operating system and the C programming language were pivotal developments in the progress of computer science. Today, 50 years after its beginnings, UNIX and UNIX-like systems continue to run machinery from supercomputers to smartphones.

  11. Dennis Ritchie Home Page - Bell Labs

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    Dennis M. Ritchie Location Dennis Ritchie Bell Labs, Rm 2C-517 600 Mountain Ave. Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636, USA dmr@bell-labs.com +1 908-582-3770 (office), +1 908-582-5857 (fax) In Memoriam Dennis died in early October, 2011.

  12. The C Programming Language - Wikipedia

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    The C Programming Language (sometimes termed K&R, after its authors' initials) is a computer programming book written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the latter of whom originally designed and implemented the language, as well as co-designed the Unix operating system with which development of the language was closely intertwined.