Dennis Ritchie: Creator of the C Programming Language Dies at 70

Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist. Born on September 9, 1941, in Bronxville, New York, he studied physics and applied mathematics at Harvard.

At Bell Labs he created the C programming language and co-developed the Unix operating system with Ken Thompson. C and Unix became the foundation of much of modern computing, including Linux, macOS and Android. He and Thompson won the Turing Award in 1983 and the National Medal of Technology in 1998.

He also co-wrote the book The C Programming Language with Brian Kernighan. Ritchie died at his home in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, on October 12, 2011, at age 70.

Achievements: Turing Award (1983), National Medal of Technology (1998), creator of C.

Birth: September 9, 1941 - Bronxville, New York.

Profession: Computer scientist.

Interesting Facts: He died a week after Steve Jobs.