L Peter Deutsch

Free software programmer and creator of Ghostscript (born 1946)
Person human Q92860
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L Peter Deutsch

Summary

L Peter Deutsch is a human[1]. He was born in Boston[2]. He was born on August 7, 1946[3]. He worked as an engineer[4] and computer scientist[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month, #7,276 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • L Peter Deutsch's place of birth was Boston[2].
  • L Peter Deutsch was born on August 7, 1946[3].
  • L Peter Deutsch's father was Martin Deutsch[7].
  • L Peter Deutsch held citizenship in United States[8].
  • L Peter Deutsch worked as an engineer[4].
  • L Peter Deutsch worked as a computer scientist[5].
  • L Peter Deutsch was educated at University of California, Berkeley[9].
  • L Peter Deutsch received the ACM Software System Award[10].
  • L Peter Deutsch received the ACM Fellow[11].
  • L Peter Deutsch was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[12].
  • L Peter Deutsch is recorded as male[13].
  • L Peter Deutsch's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • L Peter Deutsch's family name is recorded as Deutsch[15].
  • L Peter Deutsch's given name is recorded as Laurence[16].
  • L Peter Deutsch's given name is recorded as Peter[17].
  • L Peter Deutsch's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[18].
  • L Peter Deutsch's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[20]

  • Country: US[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 212b82fe-e0e8-4910-9a1d-8daefef69266[22]

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Origins and Family

Born in Boston[2], L Peter Deutsch… he was born on August 7, 1946[3]. His father was Martin Deutsch[7].

Education

L Peter Deutsch was educated at University of California, Berkeley[9].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include engineer[4] and computer scientist[5].

Recognition

Awards received include ACM Software System Award[10], a science award[23], founded in 1983[24] and ACM Fellow[11], a fellowship award[25].

Why It Matters

L Peter Deutsch ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month, #7,276 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Works attributed to him include Fallacies of Distributed Computing[28], a list[29].

FAQs

Where was L Peter Deutsch born?

L Peter Deutsch was born in Boston[2].

Who were L Peter Deutsch's parents?

L Peter Deutsch's father was Martin Deutsch[7].

What did L Peter Deutsch do for work?

L Peter Deutsch worked as engineer[4] and computer scientist[5].

Where did L Peter Deutsch go to school?

L Peter Deutsch was educated at University of California, Berkeley[9].

What awards did L Peter Deutsch receive?

Honors received include ACM Software System Award[10] and ACM Fellow[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . awards.acm.org. awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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