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Ken Thompson

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q185667&amp;oldid=2520137694" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Turing Award · dated 1983
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q11368&amp;oldid=2560300642" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unix
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q217365&amp;oldid=2497269267" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bell Labs · from 1966 · to 2000
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q168756&amp;oldid=2557483561" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of California, Berkeley · to 1965
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q937629&amp;oldid=2555401200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Medal of Technology and Innovation · dated 1998
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q2746807&amp;oldid=2547787159" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Belle

Wikidata describes Ken Thompson as American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943).

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