Peter Naur

Peter Naur
Naur in 2008
Born	(1928-10-25)25 October 1928 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died	3 January 2016(2016-01-03) (aged 87) Herlev, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Known for	ALGOL Backus–Naur form
Spouse	Christiane Floyd
Awards	Computer Pioneer Award (1986) Turing Award (2005)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science, informatics
Institutions	Regnecentralen Niels Bohr Institute Technical University of Denmark University of Copenhagen

Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016)^[1] was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages. He also contributed to creating the language ALGOL 60.