Andrew Pitts

British computer scientist
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Summary

Andrew Pitts was born on January 1, 1956[1]. He has worked as a computer scientist[2], mathematician[3], and university teacher[4]. He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: April 24, 1956[6]
  • Field of work: mathematics[7], computing[8]
  • Employer: University of Cambridge[9]
  • Educated at: University of Cambridge[10]
  • Doctoral advisor: Peter Johnstone[11], Martin Hyland[12]
  • Award received: ACM Fellow[13], Fellow of the Royal Society[14]
  • Member of: Association for Computing Machinery[15], UK Computing Research Committee[16]
  • Sex or gender: male[17]
  • Doctoral student: Ian Stark[18], Murdoch James Gabbay[19], Eike Ritter[20], Matthew John Parkinson[21], Roy Louis Crole[22], Joshua R. X. Ross[23], Mark R. Shinwell[24], Ranald A. Clouston[25], Matthew A. Lakin[26], Steffen Lösch[27], Richard Ian Orton[28]
  • Family name: Pitts[29]
  • Given name: Andrew[30]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[31]

Why It Matters

Andrew Pitts's notable doctoral advisees include Ranald A. Clouston[32], a computer scientist[33].

FAQs

What did Andrew Pitts do for work?

Andrew Pitts worked as a computer scientist[2], mathematician[3], and university teacher[4].

Where did Andrew Pitts go to school?

Andrew Pitts was educated at University of Cambridge[10].

What awards did Andrew Pitts receive?

Honors received include ACM Fellow[13] and Fellow of the Royal Society[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . royalsociety.org. Retrieved . royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [15] ↑ . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [16] ↑ . theiet.org. theiet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [6] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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