From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raphael Finkel
Raphael Finkel
Raphael Finkel (born 1951) is an American computer sci- • ftp://ftp.cs.uky.edu/cs/manuscripts/
entist and a professor at the University of Kentucky. He vade.mecum.2.pdf - An Operating Systems Vade
compiled the first version of the Jargon File. He is the au- Mecum
thor of An Operating Systems Vade Mecum, a textbook on • ftp://ftp.aw.com/cseng/authors/finkel/apld/ -
operating systems, and Advanced Programming Language Advanced Programming Language Design
Design, an introductory book on programming para- • http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~santhas/research/
digms. Raphael Finkel and J.L. Bentley created the data paper1/node4.html
structure called the quadtree. • Academic genealogy of Raphael Finkel
• Seminar notice including biography
Biography Persondata
Name Finkel, Raphael
Finkel was born in Chicago. He entered the University of
Chicago, where he earned his BA in mathematics and MA Alternative names
in teaching. He then earned a PhD at Stanford University Short description
under the supervision of Vinton Cerf. Date of birth 1951
Finkel obtained a position at the University of Wis-
consin–Madison after completing his doctorate, and re- Place of birth
mained there from 1976 until 1987, when he took a posi- Date of death
tion at the University of Kentucky. Place of death
External links
• Homepage at the University of Kentucky
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Categories:
• Living people
• 1951 births
• American computer scientists
• University of Chicago alumni
• Stanford University alumni
• University of Kentucky faculty
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