Early computer printout of Christopher Strachey in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
Born
(1916-11-16)16 November 1916
Hampstead, England
Died
18 May 1975(1975-05-18) (aged 58)
Oxford, England
Citizenship
British
Education
Gresham's School
Alma mater
University of Cambridge (BA)
Known for
CPL, denotational semantics, Fundamental Concepts in Programming Languages, time-sharing
Parent(s)
Oliver Strachey Ray Costelloe
Scientific career
Fields
Computer Science
Institutions
University of Cambridge, University of Oxford St Edmund's School, Canterbury Harrow School
Doctoral students
Peter Mosses David Turner
Christopher S. Strachey (/ˈstreɪtʃi/; 16 November 1916 – 18 May 1975) was a British computer scientist.[1][2][3] He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design and computer time-sharing.[4] He has also been credited as possibly being the first developer of a video game.[5] He was a member of the Strachey family, prominent in government, arts, administration, and academia.
^Christopher Strachey: British computer scientist, Encyclopædia Britannica.
^Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of Christopher Strachey (1916–1975), The National Archives, United Kingdom.
^Gordon, M.J.C., Christopher Strachey: Recollections of His Influence, Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation, 13(1–2):65–67, April 2000. ISSN 1388-3690. (PostScript version Archived 13 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine.)
^F. J. Corbató, et al., The Compatible Time-Sharing System A Programmer's Guide (MIT Press, 1963) ISBN 978-0-262-03008-3. "the first paper on time-shared computers by C. Strachey at the June 1959 UNESCO Information Processing conference"
^Brown, Stuart (4 October 2019). "The First Video Game". YouTube. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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