# Bruce Eckel

> American technology writer

**Wikidata**: [Q92960](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92960)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Eckel)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bruce-eckel

## Summary
Bruce Eckel is an American technology writer, computer scientist, and engineer, born on July 8, 1957. His professional identity spans engineering, technical writing, and computer science, though the provided source material does not detail specific achievements or publications.

## Biography
- **Born**: July 8, 1957
- **Nationality**: United States (American)
- **Field(s)**: Engineering, writing, computer science

## Contributions
The provided source material does not specify any concrete contributions, publications, projects, or companies founded by Bruce Eckel. No papers, products, patents, or open-source initiatives are listed.

## FAQs
**Q: What is Bruce Eckel's nationality?**  
A: Bruce Eckel is American, with citizenship in the United States, as stated in the source material.

**Q: When was Bruce Eckel born?**  
A: He was born on July 8, 1957, according to the sourced birth date information.

**Q: What professional occupations is Bruce Eckel associated with?**  
A: The source lists his occupations as engineer, writer, and computer scientist.

**Q: What language does Bruce Eckel speak?**  
A: The source indicates that French is a language he speaks, writes, or signs.

**Q: What is Bruce Eckel's gender?**  
A: The source specifies his sex or gender as male.

## Why They Matter
The provided source material does not contain information on Bruce Eckel's significance, impact, or lasting influence in his fields. No details are given about how his work may have changed technology, writing, or computer science, nor who he may have influenced.

## Notable For
No awards, firsts, records, landmark publications, leadership roles, or industry influence are listed in the source material for Bruce Eckel.

## Body
### Personal and Demographic Details
Bruce Eckel was born on July 8, 1957. He holds United States citizenship and is American by nationality. His gender is male. According to the source, he speaks, writes, or signs French.

### Professional Classifications
His recorded occupations are engineer, writer, and computer scientist. These define his primary areas of work as identified in the source data.

### Authority Control and Identifiers
Bruce Eckel is documented in numerous library and authority databases, each with a unique identifier:
- **GND ID** (German National Library): 112174876
- **VIAF ID** (Virtual International Authority File): 85357212
- **IdRef ID** (French National Library): 052453162
- **NUKAT ID** (Polish Union Catalogue): n99047447
- **NL CR AUT ID** (Czech National Library): xx0008200
- **Worldcat Entities ID**: E39PBJkHprKHhkG8XKdXtdJVYP
- **Library of Congress Authority ID**: n90611765
- **BNB Person ID** (British National Bibliography): EckelBruce
- **Freebase ID**: /m/048l33
- **Scopus Author ID**: 6507440324
- **ACM Digital Library Author ID**: 81100177568
- **CiNii Research ID**: 1140845216538640512
- **National Library of Latvia ID**: 000031117
- **National Library of Israel J9U ID**: 987007308995605171
- **National Library of Poland MMS ID**: 9810688072905606
- **Bibliothèque nationale de France ID**: 155036692
- **Pontifical University of Salamanca ID**: 178736
- **National Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID**: 254949053
- **National Library of Spain SPMABN ID**: XX870792
- **Online Books Page Author ID**: Eckel, Bruce
- **Databazeknih.cz Author ID**: 62227
- **CBDB.cz Author ID**: 197076
- **Notable Names Database ID**: 820/000166322
- **Share Catalogue Author ID**: 8864
- **Yale Lux ID**: person/af8ee036-ed45-45e4-991b-d0b44fc316fa
- **NLA Trove People ID**: 1075165
- **NACSiS CAT Author ID**: DA03960167
- **Obálky knih described by source**: https://www.obalkyknih.cz/view_auth?auth_id=xx0008200

His Wikipedia title is "Bruce Eckel," and he is categorized in Wikimedia Commons under "Bruce Eckel." The Wikipedia article exists in multiple languages: Arabic, Commons, Czech, German, English, Spanish, French, Malagasy, Polish, and Chinese. His Wikidata description is "American technology writer." The source lists a sitelink count of 10 for his Wikipedia presence and 38 for the general "computer scientist" class, though the latter is not specific to him.

### Data Provenance
The birth date of 1957-07-08 is referenced in two sources: one with identifier Q36578 (recorded on 2014-04-24) and another with identifier Q13550863, associated with the Czech identifier xx0008200 (recorded on 2019-11-23). His gender is referenced via GND ID 112174876, with a source from Q36578 recorded on 2024-07-14. His language attribute (French) is referenced by IdRef ID 052453162, sourced from Q47757534 and recorded on 2020-05-20. His citizenship is referenced by GND ID 112174876, sourced from Q48183.

## References

1. Integrated Authority File
2. International Standard Name Identifier
3. CiNii Research
4. Czech National Authority Database
5. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
6. Virtual International Authority File
7. IdRef
8. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File