Edgar F. Codd
Computer Scientist
1923 – 2003
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Who was Edgar F. Codd?
Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd was an English computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational databases. He made other valuable contributions to computer science, but the relational model, a very influential general theory of data management, remains his most mentioned achievement.
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- Born
- Aug 19, 1923
Isle of Portland - Also known as
- Edgar Frank Codd
- Ted Codd
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Exeter College, Oxford
Mathematics - Chemistry
- Doctorate, University of Michigan
Computer Science - University of Oxford
- Exeter College, Oxford
- Employment
- IBM
(1948 - 1953)
- IBM
- Lived in
- San Jose
- New York
- Ottawa (City of)
- Died
- Apr 18, 2003
Williams Island
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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