What is Niklaus Wirth?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Niklaus E. Wirth | image = Niklaus Wirth, UrGU.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_name = Niklaus Emil Wirth | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1934|2|15}} | birth_place = [[Winterthur]], [[Switzerland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|1|1|1934|2|15}} | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = [[Switzerland]] | nationality = | ethnicity = | signature = Signature of Niklaus Wirth.svg | field = [[Computer Science]] | work_institutions = {{plainlist| *[[ETH Zurich]] *[[Stanford University]] *[[University of Zurich]] *[[Xerox PARC]] }} | alma_mater = {{plainlist| *ETH Zurich (B.S., 1959) *[[Université Laval]] (M.S., 1959) *[[University of California, Berkeley]] (Ph.D., 1963) }} | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[Algol W]], [[Euler (programming language)|Euler]], [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]], [[Modula]], [[Modula-2]], [[Oberon programming language|Oberon]], [[Oberon-2]], [[Oberon-07]], [[Oberon operating system|Oberon System]] | prizes = {{plainlist| *[[Turing Award]] {{small|(1984)}} *[[SIGPLAN]] Programming Languages Achievement Award *Fellow of the [[Computer History Museum]] {{small|(2004)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Niklaus,Wirth/|title=Niklaus Wirth 2004 Fellow|access-date=2016-01-06|archive-date=2016-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409222410/http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Niklaus,Wirth|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Marcel Benoist Prize]] {{small|(1989)}} }} | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Niklaus Emil Wirth''' (15 February 1934 &ndash; 1 January 2024) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[computer science|computer scientist]]. He was best known f