Question

Niklaus Wirth just died. I would think he might qualify as a Notable, and needs a profile created (now created)

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/

Niklaus Emil Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering. Wikipedia

Born: 15 February 1934, Winterthur, Switzerland

Died: 1 January 2024

Education: University of California, Berkeley (1963), Laval University (1960), ETH Zürich

Parents: Walter Wirth, Hedwig Keller Wirth

Nationality: Swiss

Known for: ALGOL W, Euler, Pascal, Modula, Modula-2, Oberon, Oberon-2, Oberon-07, Oberon System

Answer 1

He has a Wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth

Comments

Yes I know, the link was in my question, end of second paragraph. :-)

Answer 2

Hi
It would be great if you would create a profile for him. Here is a trustworthy official - but not yet up to date - website, the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz: https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/031725/2015-01-11/

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I've created a profile.  Feel free to contribute to it

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Thank you!

Tomorrow I will see if there were any obituaries in the Swiss newspapers.

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I found the obituary of Niklaus Wirth in the newspapers from last week. I will post it after the funeral took place, as I don't want to cause any trouble for his family. And I will also censor the names and adress of all living relatives, but explain in the image description.