What is Peter Naur?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Peter Naur | image = Peternaur.JPG | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Frederiksberg]], [[Denmark]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|01|03|1928|10|25|df=y}} | death_place = [[Herlev]], Denmark | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = Danish | ethnicity = | field = [[Computer science]] | work_institution = [[Regnecentralen]]<br/>[[Niels Bohr Institute]]<br/>[[Technical University of Denmark]]<br/>[[University of Copenhagen]] | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[ALGOL]], <br/> [[Backus–Naur Form]] | author_abbreviation_bot = | author_abbreviation_zoo = | prizes = [[Computer Pioneer Award]] <small>(1986)</small><br>[[Turing award]] <small>(2005)</small> | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Peter Naur''' (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016)<ref>[http://www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/9308-computer-scientist-peter-naur-dies-aged.html Peter Naur Dies Aged 87]</ref> was a [[Danish people|Danish]] [[computer science]] pioneer and [[Turing award]] winner. He helped the creation of the [[ALGOL 60]] programming language. He began his career as an [[astronomer]] for which he received his PhD degree in 1957. From 1969 to 1998 Naur was a professor of computer science at [[University of Copenhagen]]. Naur won the 2005 [[Turing Award|ACM A.M. Turing Award]] for his work on defining the [[ALGOL 60]] programming language.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/3_2006/turing_3_01_2006.cfm |title=Software Pioneer Peter Naur Wins ACM's Turing Award - February 2006. |access-date=2016-01-05 |archive-date=2007-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609203727/http://campus.acm.