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Edsger W. Dijkstra

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q185667&amp;oldid=2520137694" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Turing Award · dated 1972
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q8548&amp;oldid=2548044712" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dijkstra&#39;s algorithm
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49213&amp;oldid=2541187854" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Texas at Austin · from 1984 · to 1999
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q156598&amp;oldid=2560833134" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leiden University · from 1948 · to 1956
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q18748039&amp;oldid=2556485392" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ACM Fellow · dated 1994
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q386678&amp;oldid=2542394214" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">banker&#39;s algorithm

Wikidata describes Edsger W. Dijkstra as Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002).

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