Kristen Nygaard

By admin , 21 December 2015
Kristen
Nygaard
Male
Description

Co-inventor of SIMULA and pioneer of object-oriented programming, Nygaard was a computer scientist noted for his social agenda and work with the Norwegian Trade Unions. He was a systems developer and a true polymath and marvellous companion.

University of Oslo
Co-inventor of SIMULA, Social agenda for computing applications
Date of Birth
1926-08-27
Date of Death
2002-08-10
Kristen Nygaard

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