Birth Name: John Backus
Occupation: Computer Scientist
Place Of Birth: Pennsylvania
Date Of Birth: December 3, 1924
Date Of Death: March 17, 2007
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
John Backus was born on the 3rd of December, 1924. He was popular for being a Computer Scientist. American computer scientist who helped develop Fortran, one of the first computer programming languages, for which he received the National Medal of Science in 1975. He also did important research in function-level programming, a different philosophy in programming language design.
John Backus was born in Pennsylvania. He studied at an exclusive private high school in Pennsylvania, where he was fond of breaking its rules; he followed that up by flunking out of the University of Virginia. His Fortran was the first computer language to take on a more human syntax, and so was comprehensible and the first widely used high-level language.
John Backus was a Sagittarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
John Backus was born in 1920s. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. Discover what happened on this day.
John Backus is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Family
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John Backus was born in the Year of the Rat.
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| REAL NAME: | John Backus |
| NICKNAME: | John |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Wednesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Saturday |
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Zodiac Sign: John Backus was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: John Backus was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are clever and charming. They're curious, but sometimes too motivated by money.
Ruling Planet: John Backus had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
John Backus’s birth sign is Sagittarius and he had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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