Charles W. Bachman (b. December 11, 1924 in Manhattan, Kansas) is a prominent computer scientist, particularly in the area of databases. He received the ACM Turing Award in 1973 for "his outstanding contributions to database technology". He was elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society in 1977 for his pioneering work in database systems. Wikipedia
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