Donald Knuth

Mathematician

Birthday January 10, 1938

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Wisconsin

Age 86 years old

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About

Mathematician and engineer who was arguably most recognized as the Professor Emeritus at Stanford in Palo Alto, California.

Before Fame

He was a prodigy; In fact, he once won a competition in which he created 4,500 words from the phrase Ziegler's Giant Bar. The judges for the competition had only created half that amount.

Trivia

He became the first person to win the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award in 1971. He also won the Harvey Prize in 1995.

Family Life

He was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Associated With

Henry Suzzallo once studied at Stanford University, where he served as the Professor Emeritus.