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he was born
Donald Ervin Knuth is born
January 10, 1938 (age 79)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. -
Knuth published his first "scientific"
Knuth published his first "scientific" article in a school magazine in 1957 under the title "The Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures." -
he reported
In 1958, Knuth created a program to help his school's basketball team win their games. He assigned "values" to players in order to gauge their probability of getting points, a novel approach that Newsweek and CBS Evening News later reported on. -
founding editors
Knuth was one of the founding editors of the Engineering and Science Review, which won a national award as best technical magazine in 1959. -
he received
He then switched from physics to mathematics, and in 1960 he received his bachelor of science degree, simultaneously being given a master of science degree by a special award of the faculty who considered his work exceptionally outstanding. -
he married Nancy Jill Carter
Donlald Knuth married Nancy Jill Carter on 24 June 1961, while he was a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology. They have two children, John Martin Knuth and Jennifer Sierra Knuth. -
he earned
In 1963, with mathematician Marshall Hall as his adviser, he earned a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. -
He published the first volume
As Knuth developed his outline for the book, he concluded that he required six volumes, and then seven, to thoroughly cover the subject. He published the first volume in 1968. -
He described computer science
In the 1970s, Knuth described computer science as "a totally new field with no real identity. -
was the recipient
In 1971, Knuth was the recipient of the first ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. -
Knuth was elected
Knuth was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. -
Chinese name
Knuth's Chinese name is Gao Dena -
volume of The Art of Computer Programming
In his 1980 volume of The Art of Computer Programming, Knuth explains that he embraced his Chinese name because he wanted to be known by the growing numbers of computer programmers in China at the time. -
field of computer science.
Knuth was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DFBCS) in 1980 in recognition of Knuth's contributions to the field of computer science. -
Chinese name was placed
In 1989, his Chinese name was placed atop the Journal of Computer Science and Technology's header, which Knuth says "makes me feel close to all Chinese people although I cannot speak your language". -
he was awarded
In 1990 he was awarded the one-of-a-kind academic title of Professor of The Art of Computer Programming, which has since been revised to Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming. -
he became
In 1992, he became an associate of the French Academy of Sciences. -
he wrote the book
In 1995, Knuth wrote the foreword to the book A=B by Marko Petkovšek, Herbert Wilf and Doron Zeilberger.[20] Knuth is also an occasional contributor of language puzzles to Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. -
Knuth
Knuth, March 4, 2005 -
Health concerns
In 2006, Knuth was diagnosed with prostate cancer. -
Knuth in front of statue
Knuth in front of statue St. Mesrop Mashtots, Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia, June 9, 2006 -
Humor
Knuth had to stop sending real checks in 2008 due to bank fraud, and instead now gives each error finder a "certificate of deposit" from a publicly listed balance in his fictitious "Bank of San Serriffe". -
He was elected as a Fellow
Knuth was elected as a Fellow (first class of Fellows) of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2009 for his outstanding contributions to mathematics. -
Shustek, Russell, Alcorn, Knuth, Wozniak, Mathews, Allen, CHM
Shustek, Russell, Alcorn, Knuth, Wozniak, Mathews, Allen, CHM 2011 -
Knuth and Steve Wozniak
Knuth and Steve Wozniak, CHM 2011 -
American Mathematical Society.
In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
