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John Backus

PHOTOGRAPHS

John Backus DL Author Profile link

United States – 1977
Additional Materials

Another biography together with a 90 minute video interview can be found here.

Addition information can be found from the following links:

Computer History Museum
Columbia University
IBM
IEEE History Center
Oral history