Christopher Strachey

Christopher Strachey

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1916 - 1975

Occupation

Scientist

Description

Computer engineer and a founder of denotational semantics. Developed a program in 1951 that allowed the Pilot Ace computer at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and later the Manchester Mark 1 to play a game of draughts (checkers). He also wrote one of the first computer music programs, which played “Baa Baa Black Sheep” on the Ferranti Mark 1. Strachey is also remembered as one of the developers of Combined Programming Language (CPL), an early precursor to the influential C programming language.

See Also

• LGBTQ Engineers

Further Reading/Research

• https://history.computer.org/pioneers/strachey.html
• https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/christopher-stracheys-nineteen-fifties-love-machine
• https://upclosed.com/people/christopher-strachey/

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