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23. Backus Biography of john backus (19240BC) john Warner backus. Born 3 Dec 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA john backus spent his first years in Wilmington, Delaware and attended the Hill School in Pottstown http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Backus.html

John Warner Backus Born: 3 Dec 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index John Backus spent his first years in Wilmington, Delaware and attended the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1942 although according to his own account he did not take his studies at Hill School too seriously:- I flunked out every year. I never studied. I hated studying. I was just goofing around. It had the delightful consequence that every year I went to summer school in New Hampshire where I spent the summer sailing and having a nice time. He entered the University of Virginia to study chemistry at his father's request. However he was no more diligent than at school and in 1943 his studies were terminated. That year he joined the army. In the army he took medical training, working in an Atlantic City hospital in a neurosurgery ward that treated head wounds. Strangely he was found to have a bone tumour and had a plate fitted in his head. A medical training seemed to be the right direction for Backus but after nine months of medical school he gave this up too:- I hated it. They don't like thinking in medical school. They memorize - that's all they want you to do. You must not think.

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26. National Academy Of Sciences - Members backus, john International Business Machines Corporation. Elected to NAS 1974. ScientificDiscipline Computer and Information Sciences. Membership Type Member. http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N3UW?opendocum

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29. Sound References Am I Too Loud? , Jour Audio Engineering Soc, V25, p126, Mar 1977. backus, john,The Acoustical Foundations of Music, 2nd Ed, WW Norton, New York, 1977. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/souref.html

Sound References Aldred, John, Manual of Sound Recording, London:Fountain Press, 1972 "Am I Too Loud?", Jour Audio Engineering Soc, V25, p126, Mar 1977. Backus, John, The Acoustical Foundations of Music, 2nd Ed, W W Norton, New York, 1977 Benade, Arthur H., Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics, Oxford University Press, 1976 Beranek, Music, Acoustics and Architecture, Wiley, 1962 Berg, Richard E. and Stork, David G., The Physics of Sound, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 1995 Boehm, Theobold, The Flute and Flute Playing, New York: Dover, 1964. Borden, G. J. and Harris, K. S., Speech Science Primer: Physiology, Acoustics and Perception of Speech, 2nd Ed, Williams and Wilkins, 1984 Cohen, Abraham B, Hi-Fi Loudspeakers and Enclosures, Hayden, 1968 Coltman, John W., Acoustics of the Flute, Physics Today 21, p25-32, November 1968 Coltman, John W., "Sounding Mechanism of the Flute and Organ Pipe", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 44 (1968) Coltman, John, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 60, 725 (1976) Denes, Peter B. and Pinson, Elliot N., The Speech Chain, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1963 Denyer, Ralph, The Guitar Handbook, Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.

30. DB&LP: John Backus john backus. List of publications from the Bibliography Server on Database Systems Logic Programming. john backus Programming Language Semantics and Closed Applicative Languages http://researchsmp2.cc.vt.edu/DB/db/indices/a-tree/b/Backus:John.html

John Backus List of publications from the John Backus: Programming Language Semantics and Closed Applicative Languages. POPL 1973 Home Author Title ... Michael Ley (ley@uni-trier.de) Mon Apr 22 22:15:01 1996

31. John BACKUS | British History Online To search all the resources available on this site, please use the advancedsearch function. backus, john. Add this to your bookshelf. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/person.asp?personid=71866

32. DBLP: John W. Backus dblp.unitrier.de john W. backus. 1998. 8, john W. backus The History of FortranI, II, and III. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 20(4) 68-78 (1998). 1985. http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/b/Backus:John_W=.html

John W. Backus List of publications from the DBLP Bibliography Server FAQ Coauthor Index - Ask others: ACM DL ACM Guide CiteSeer CSB ... Google John W. Backus: The History of Fortran I, II, and III. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 20 John W. Backus: From Function Level Semantics to Program Transformation and Optimization. TAPSOFT, Vol.1 1985 John W. Backus: Can Programming Be Liberated From the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and its Algebra of Programs. Commun. ACM 21 John W. Backus: Programming Language Semantics and Closed Applicative Languages. POPL 1973 EE John W. Backus, Friedrich L. Bauer Julien Green C. Katz John L. McCarthy ... Peter Naur : Revised report on the algorithm language ALGOL 60. Commun. ACM 6 EE John W. Backus, Friedrich L. Bauer Julien Green C. Katz John McCarthy ... Michael Woodger : Report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60. Commun. ACM 3 John W. Backus: The syntax and semantics of the proposed international algebraic language of the Zurich ACM-GAMM Conference. IFIP Congress 1959 EE John W. Backus: The IBM 701 Speedcoding System J. ACM 1

33. FORmula TRANslation - Fortran The first high level programming language wasfortran invented by john backus and IBM. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfortran.htm

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34. FORTRAN - The First Successful High Level Programming Language The first high level programming language fortran - invented by john backusand IBM. I took a test and did OK. - john backus on interviewing for IBM. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa072198.htm

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35. WebGED: Backhouse West McGaw Data Page backus, Ferris Lavere (1903 1905) - male b. 23 MAY 1903 in Big Rapids, , MI,USA d. 1 SEP 1905 father backus, john William (1868 - 1910) mother Seaman http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~ve3ul/ged/wga4.html

previous go to surnames Backus, Ferris Lavere - male b. 23 MAY 1903 in Big Rapids, , MI, U.S.A. d. 1 SEP 1905 father: Backus, John William (1868 - 1910) mother: Seaman, Martha (1868 - ) Backus, Francis R - male b. NOV 1863 in Ontario, Canada d. in Corpus Christie, Texas father: Backhouse, Edward McMichael (1822 - 1903) mother: Countryman, Violetta (1825 - 1895) Information available in article in Kentucky Family History. States thathe was a skilled accountant and lived in Texas. Photo taken in Chicagoin 1911. 1920 census places him in Nueces County (Corpus Christie) as abook keeper in a bank. spouse:  , Margurite L (1873 - ) child: Backus, Margurite (1898 - ) child: Backus, Francis Reneldo (1903 - ) Backus, Francis Reneldo - male b. 1903 in Chicago, Illinois father: Backus, Francis R (1863 - ) mother:  , Margurite L (1873 - ) Backus, Fred Casey - male b. 5 JUL 1960 in Lake Wales, Fl father: Backus, James Edward (1928 - ) mother: Weaver, Lorraine (1922 - ) spouse:  , Annette Backus, Fred Edward - male b. 25 JAN 1900 in Bowling Green, Kentucky d. 1 JUL 1984 in Frostproof, Fl

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previous go to surnames Backhouse, Jennett - female b. 29 MAY 1877 in Ontario, Canada father: Backhouse, William Allichoff (1833 - 1906) mother: Campbell, Agnes (1853 - 1916) Religion - [date: 1901] [place: Baptist] spouse: McKay, George Backhouse, John - male b. ABT 1845 father: Backhouse, James Jackson (1820 - 1855) mother: Saxton, Mary Jane (~1825 - 1870) Backhouse, John - male b. 1 JUN 1886 in Ontario, Canada father: Backhouse, John Edward (1852 - ) mother:  , Louisa (1857 - ) Backhouse, John A - male b. 1881 father: Backhouse, George S (1857 - 1928) mother: Budd, Anna (1857 - 1934) Residence - [place: Westfield, New Jersey] spouse: Pearce, Mildred child: Backhouse, Mildred child: Backhouse, Helen child: Backhouse, Priscilla child: Backhouse, Ruth Backhouse, John Alexander - male b. 9 FEB 1819 in Walsingham Twp., Norfolk Co., Upper Canada d. 11 MAY 1876 in Walsingham Township, Norfolk Cty., Ontario, Canada father: Backhouse, William (1779 - 1864) mother: McMichael, Hannah (1787 - 1849) There is also a gravestone for them in the Bayview Cemetery, Port Rowan. Burial - [place: Backus Pioneer Cemetery, South Walsingham Twp, Norfolk Co]

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The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-Mail Services CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Transcript Providers Return to Transcripts main page CNN LIVE SUNDAY Interview With Jenny Backus, John McLaughlin Aired September 28, 2003 - 11:18 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. SEAN CALLEBS, CNN ANCHOR: In the race for the democratic nomination for president, Wesley Clark is reportedly charging past his competitors. He's the top pick for the democrats in the latest "Newsweek" poll, with 16 percent support. Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean is next at 12, Senator John Kerry and Congressman Dick Gephardt tied at 10 percent apiece, and the rest of the pack at 9 percent or less. Well, that sets it up nicely for our weekly political discussion. The California recall is also shifting into high gear this week ahead of the October 7th vote. And intrigue builds for the 2004 presidential race as General Clark surges early. For our discussion today, two strategists on each side of the political divide. For the republicans, John McLaughlin, who has done polling for Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign. He is in New York. Thanks very much, John, for joining us. And for the democrats, Jenny Backus, joining us from Washington, D.C. Jenny, thanks very much for being here, as well.

38. Acoustical Foundations Of Music; Author: Backus, John; Hardback; Book Acoustical Foundations Of Music. Author backus, john Edition 2; Hardback; Book;Illustrations, Bibliography, Index 382 pages Published December 1977 WW http://www.opengroup.com/mubooks/039/0393090965.shtml

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39. John Backus - Reference Library john backus. john backus (born December 3, 1924) is an American computerscientist, notable as the inventor of the Fortran programming http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/j/jo/john_backus.html

Reference Library: Encyclopedia Main Page See live article Alphabetical index John Backus John Backus (born December 3 ) is an American computer scientist , notable as the inventor of the Fortran programming language , the first high-level language to achieve widespread use, and the Backus-Naur form almost universally used to define language syntax . He received a Turing Award in for these two seminal achievements. Backus was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but grew up in Wilmington, Delaware . He studied at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania , and was apparently not a diligent student. After entering the University of Virginia to study chemistry , and failing that, he then joined the US Army and began medical training, which he also dropped out of after nine months. After moving to New York City he initially took training as a radio technician and discovered an interest in mathematics . He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in the topic in , and joined IBM in . During his first three years, he worked on the SSEC; his first major project was to write a program to calculate positions of the moon The difficulties of programming were acute, and in

40. About Us: Vingettes Of Historical CS Figures - JOHN BACKUS About Us Vingettes of Historical CS Figures john backus. john backus We didn tknow what we wanted and how to do it. john backus on the invention of FORTRAN. http://www.cs.ou.edu/about_us/backus.shtml

About Us: Vingettes of Historical CS Figures - John Backus John Backus We didn't know what we wanted and how to do it. It just sort of grew. The first struggle was over what the language would look like. Then how to parse expressions - it was a big problem and what we did looks astonishingly clumsy now.... John Backus on the invention of FORTRAN Necessity, says the adage, is the mother of invention. Yet some inventors are motivated less by necessity than by sheer irritation at the messiness or inefficiency of the way things are. John Backus is such an inventor. He played an inspirational role in three great creations: FORTRAN, the first high level programming language; Backus-Naur Form, which provides a way to describe grammatical rules for high level languages; and lastly a functional programming language called FP, which advocates a mathematical approach to programming. Today, each of his inventions drives research and commercial agendas throughout the planet. Yet Backus's own life is one of restless energy - from his youth through his retirement. A distaste for inefficiency seems to run in the family. Before World War I, Backus's father had risen from a modest background to the post of chief chemist for the Atlas Powder Company, a manufacturer of nitroglycerine to be used in explosives. His promotion came for good reason.

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