John Klensin

American computer scientist
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John Klensin

Summary

John Klensin is a human[1]. He was born on +1945-02-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3] and political scientist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • John Klensin was born on +1945-02-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • John Klensin held citizenship in United States[6].
  • John Klensin's professions included computer scientist[3].
  • John Klensin's professions included political scientist[4].
  • John Klensin was employed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7].
  • John Klensin received the Internet Hall of Fame[8].
  • John Klensin received the ACM Fellow[9].
  • John Klensin was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[10].
  • John Klensin's image is recorded as John Klensin and Hualin Qian.jpg[11].
  • John Klensin is recorded as male[12].
  • John Klensin's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • John Klensin's ISNI is recorded as 0000000045099885[14].
  • John Klensin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1139676[15].
  • John Klensin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr89004990[16].
  • John Klensin's IdRef ID is recorded as 112121454[17].
  • John Klensin's Commons category is recorded as John Klensin[18].
  • John Klensin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047t4b6[19].
  • John Klensin's family name is recorded as Klensin[20].
  • John Klensin's given name is recorded as John[21].
  • John Klensin's given name is recorded as C.[22].
  • John Klensin's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 81100125395[23].
  • John Klensin's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 07409663X[24].
  • John Klensin's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2011074099[25].
  • John Klensin's DBLP author ID is recorded as 20/1355[26].
  • John Klensin's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007340418205171[27].

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Origins and Family

John Klensin was born on +1945-02-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[3] and political scientist[4]. Among John Klensin's employers was Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7].

Recognition

Awards received include Internet Hall of Fame[8], a hall of fame[28], in United States[29], founded in 2012[30] and ACM Fellow[9], a fellowship award[31].

Why It Matters

John Klensin ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[5] He is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What did John Klensin do for work?

John Klensin worked as computer scientist[3] and political scientist[4].

What awards did John Klensin receive?

Honors received include Internet Hall of Fame[8] and ACM Fellow[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] . internethalloffame.org. internethalloffame.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [2] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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