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Tony Hoare

British computer scientist

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born: 1934
died: 2026
age at death: 92
known for: computer scientist, engineer, programmer

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Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare, known as Sir Tony Hoare or C. A. R. Hoare, was a British computer scientist who made foundational contributions to programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, formal verification, and concurrent computing. His work earned him the 1980 ACM Turing Award, usually regarded as the highest distinction in computer science.

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