Tony Hoare
Tony Hoare (1934–2026) was a British computer scientist, engineer and programmer.
Also recorded as Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare; C.A.R. Hoare.
Overview
Recorded at birth as Charles Antony Richard Hoare.
Born at Colombo in 1934, died at Cambridge in 2026.
In detail
Tony Hoare studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Merton College and University of Oxford. the recorded working language is English, Russian and Latin.
The field of work recorded is informatics and computer science.
Employment is recorded with Microsoft, University of Oxford and Queen's University Belfast. Membership is recorded of Royal Society, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and Academia Europaea.
Works named in the authority record are quicksort, Hoare logic, communicating sequential processes and null.
Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society, Turing Award, IEEE John von Neumann Medal and Faraday Medal.
Sources
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“Tony Hoare”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q92602: Tony Hoare
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