J. Turner Whitted

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J. Turner Whitted

Summary

J. Turner Whitted is a human[1]. He worked as an engineer[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • J. Turner Whitted held citizenship in United States[4].
  • J. Turner Whitted's professions included engineer[2].
  • J. Turner Whitted was employed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[5].
  • J. Turner Whitted was educated at Duke University[6].
  • J. Turner Whitted was educated at North Carolina State University[7].
  • A notable student of J. Turner Whitted was Ming Ouhyoung[8].
  • J. Turner Whitted received the ACM Fellow[9].
  • J. Turner Whitted was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[10].
  • J. Turner Whitted is recorded as male[11].
  • J. Turner Whitted's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • J. Turner Whitted's ISNI is recorded as 0000000040383502[13].
  • J. Turner Whitted's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 190149198242774940000[14].
  • J. Turner Whitted's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb98019765[15].
  • J. Turner Whitted's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 111645[16].
  • J. Turner Whitted's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010qd_1q[17].
  • J. Turner Whitted's family name is recorded as Q37064783[18].
  • J. Turner Whitted's given name is recorded as John[19].
  • J. Turner Whitted's given name is recorded as Turner[20].
  • J. Turner Whitted's DBLP author ID is recorded as 85/3969[21].
  • J. Turner Whitted's IEEE Xplore author ID is recorded as 37424203900[22].
  • J. Turner Whitted's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007343555605171[23].

Body

Education

Educated at Duke University[6], a university[24], in United States[25], founded in 1838[26], headquartered in Durham[27] and North Carolina State University[7], a public research university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1887[30], headquartered in Raleigh[31].

Career and Affiliations

J. Turner Whitted worked as an engineer[2]. Among his employers was University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[5]. A notable student of him was Ming Ouhyoung[8].

Recognition

J. Turner Whitted received the ACM Fellow[9].

Why It Matters

J. Turner Whitted ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[3]

FAQs

What did J. Turner Whitted do for work?

J. Turner Whitted worked as engineer[2].

Where did J. Turner Whitted go to school?

J. Turner Whitted was educated at Duke University[6] and North Carolina State University[7].

What awards did J. Turner Whitted receive?

Honors received include ACM Fellow[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [8] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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