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Date of Birth
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19-April-1931
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Place of Birth
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Durham
(North Carolina, United States of America, Wake County, Durham County, Area codes 919 and 984, Area code 919, Area code 984)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Frederick P. Brooks, Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr., Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
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Profession
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Mathematician, Computer Scientist, Software Engineer
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Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr. is a computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing the development of IBM's System/360 family of computers and the OS/360 software support package, then later writing candidly about the process in his seminal book The Mythical Man-Month. Brooks has received many awards, including the National Medal of Technology in 1985 and the Turing Award in 1999.
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