Peter Blundell Gibbons

associate professor of computing, University of Auckland and Massey University; first computer science degree in New Zealand (1949-2008)
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Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
1949
Date of death
2008
Doctoral advisor
Derek Corneil[6]
Doctoral student
Myra B. Cohen[8]
Academic degree
Master of Science[9]
Family name
Gibbons[10]
Given name
Peter[11]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[14]
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NZThesisProject[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en P. B. Gibbons en PB Gibbons en Peter Blundell Gibbons en Peter Gibbons en P Gibbons
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ACM Digital Library author ID
81542554756
DBLP author ID
46/1177
MR Author ID
73290
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
82983
Scopus author ID
7101919633
ZbMATH author ID
gibbons.peter-b

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Summary

Peter Blundell Gibbons was born in 1949[1]. He died in 2008[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3].

Why It Matters

Peter Blundell Gibbons's notable doctoral advisees include Myra B. Cohen[15], a software engineer[16], specialised in computer science[17].

FAQs

What did Peter Blundell Gibbons do for work?

Peter Blundell Gibbons worked as a computer scientist[3].

Where did Peter Blundell Gibbons go to school?

Peter Blundell Gibbons was educated at University of Toronto[4] and Massey University[5].

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  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The design and implementation of a structured programming language with few arbitrary syntactic restrictions : the interpretive phase. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . auckland.ac.nz. auckland.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . auckland.ac.nz. auckland.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 23d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZbMATH author ID → gibbons.peter-b
    Instance of → human
    Date of birth → 1949
    Given name → Peter
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