Edgar F. Codd
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Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd (19 August 1923 – 18 April 2003) was an English computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational databases and relational database management systems. He made other valuable contributions to computer science, but the relational model, a very influential general theory of data management, remains his most mentioned, analyzed and celebrated achievement.[5][6]
Edgar "Ted" Codd | |
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| Born | Edgar Frank Codd 19 August 1923[1][2] Fortuneswell, Dorset, England |
| Died | 18 April 2003 (aged 79) Williams Island, Aventura, Florida, USA |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford University of Michigan |
| Known for | Alpha language Database normalization OLAP Relational model Codd's cellular automaton Codd's theorem Codd's 12 rules Boyce–Codd normal form |
| Awards | Turing Award (1981)[3] |
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| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | University of Oxford University of Michigan IBM |
| Thesis | Propagation, Computation, and Construction in Two-dimensional cellular spaces (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Henry Holland[4] |