1947 - Today
Harold Abelson (born April 26, 1947) is an American mathematician and computer scientist. He is a professor of computer science and engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a founding director of both Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation, creator of the MIT App Inventor platform, and co-author of the widely-used textbook Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, sometimes also referred to as "the wizard book." He directed the first implementation of the language Logo for the Apple II, which made the language widely available on personal computers starting in 1981; and published a widely selling book on Logo in 1982. Together with Gerald Jay Sussman, Abelson developed MIT's introductory computer science subject, The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (called by the course number, 6.001), a subject organized around the idea that a computer language is primarily a formal medium for expressing ideas about methodology, rather than just a way to get a computer to perform operations. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hal Abelson has received more than 321,767 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hal Abelson is the 161st most popular computer scientist (down from 154th in 2019).
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Among computer scientists, Hal Abelson ranks 161 out of 201. Before him are Jean E. Sammet, Robert Tappan Morris, Andy Hertzfeld, Paul Graham, Peter Shor, and Subhash Kak. After him are Alan Cox, Paul Buchheit, Sugata Mitra, Andrew Morton, Ralph Merkle, and Yoshua Bengio.
1928 - 2017
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 155
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 156
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 157
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 158
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 159
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 160
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 161
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 162
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 163
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 164
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 165
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 166
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 167
Among people born in 1947, Hal Abelson ranks 662. Before him are Ada Kok, George Alec Effinger, Reno Olsen, Patrick Grainville, Subhash Kak, and Ken Dryden. After him are Emlyn Hughes, Harvey Mason, Millie Small, Eddie Thomson, Gerardo Vera, and Juan Sol.
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 656
1947 - 2002
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 657
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 658
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 659
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 660
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 661
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 662
1947 - 2004
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 663
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 664
1947 - 2020
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 665
1947 - 2003
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 666
1947 - 2020
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 667
1947 - 2020
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 668