Brian Kernighan

Summary

Brian Kernighan is a human^[1]. His place of birth was Toronto^[2]. He was born on January 1, 1942^[3]. He worked as a computer scientist^[4], engineer^[5], programmer^[6], writer^[7], and university teacher^[8]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month, #7,033 of 1,000,298).^[9]

Key Facts

• Brian Kernighan's place of birth was Toronto^[2].
• Brian Kernighan was born on January 1, 1942^[3].
• Brian Kernighan held citizenship in Canada^[10].
• Brian Kernighan held citizenship in United States^[11].
• Brian Kernighan worked as a computer scientist^[4].
• Brian Kernighan's professions included engineer^[5].
• Brian Kernighan's professions included programmer^[6].
• Brian Kernighan's professions included writer^[7].
• Brian Kernighan's professions included university teacher^[8].
• Brian Kernighan's field of work was computer scientist^[12].
• Brian Kernighan's field of work was informatics^[13].
• Brian Kernighan's field of work was computer programming^[14].
• Brian Kernighan's field of work was programming language^[15].
• Brian Kernighan was employed by Princeton University^[16].
• Among Brian Kernighan's employers was Bell Labs^[17].
• Brian Kernighan was employed by Project MAC^[18].
• Brian Kernighan's doctoral advisor was Peter Weiner^[19].
• A notable work attributed to Brian Kernighan is Q213970^[20].
• A notable work attributed to Brian Kernighan is AMPL^[21].
• A notable work attributed to Brian Kernighan is The C Programming Language^[22].
• A notable work attributed to Brian Kernighan is Q11368^[23].
• Brian Kernighan was a member of National Academy of Engineering^[24].
• Brian Kernighan was a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[25].
• Brian Kernighan is recorded as male^[26].
• Brian Kernighan's instance of is recorded as human^[27].

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Origins and Family

Brian Kernighan's place of birth was Toronto^[2]. He was born on January 1, 1942^[3].

Education

Brian Kernighan's doctoral advisor was Peter Weiner^[19]. He earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy^[28].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist^[4], engineer^[5], programmer^[6], writer^[7], and university teacher^[8]. Fields of work include computer scientist^[12], a profession^[29]; informatics^[13], an academic major^[30], founded in 1957^[31]; computer programming^[14], an academic discipline^[32]; and programming language^[15], a computer science term^[33]. Employers include Princeton University^[16], a private university^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1746^[36], headquartered in Princeton^[37]; Bell Labs^[17], a privately held company^[38], in United States^[39], founded in 1925^[40], headquartered in Murray Hill^[41]; and Project MAC^[18], a laboratory^[42].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Q213970^[20], a standard UNIX utility or command^[43], founded in 1977^[44]; AMPL^[21], an algebraic modeling language^[45], founded in 1985^[46]; The C Programming Language^[22], a literary work^[47]; and Q11368^[23], a project^[48], founded in 1969^[49]. Things named for Brian Kernighan include Lin–Kernighan heuristic^[50], a heuristic^[51] and Kernighan–Lin algorithm^[52], a combinatorial algorithm^[53].

Why It Matters

Brian Kernighan ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month, #7,033 of 1,000,298).^[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[54] He is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[55]

He has been cited as an influence by David Malan^[56], a computer scientist^[57].

He is credited with the discovery of Hello world^[58], a software category^[59]. Works attributed to him include The C Programming Language^[60], a literary work^[61]. Entities named for him include Lin–Kernighan heuristic^[50], a heuristic^[51] and Kernighan–Lin algorithm^[52], a combinatorial algorithm^[53].

FAQs

Where was Brian Kernighan born?

Born in Toronto^[2], Brian Kernighan…

What did Brian Kernighan do for work?

Brian Kernighan worked as computer scientist^[4], engineer^[5], programmer^[6], writer^[7], and university teacher^[8].

Who did Brian Kernighan influence?

Brian Kernighan has been cited as an influence by David Malan^[56].

What did Brian Kernighan discover?

Brian Kernighan is credited as discoverer of Hello world^[58].