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Paul Graham (/ɡræm/; born 1964)[3] is an English-born American computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News. He is the author of several computer programming books, including: On Lisp,[4] ANSI Common Lisp,[5] and Hackers & Painters.[6] Technology journalist Steven Levy has described Graham as a "hacker philosopher".[7]
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Paul Graham | |
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Born | (1964-11-13) November 13, 1964 (age 59)[1] Weymouth, Dorset, England[2] |
Citizenship | British American |
Education | Gateway High School |
Alma mater | Cornell University (BA) Harvard University (MS, PhD) |
Known for | Viaweb Y Combinator Hacker News Hackers & Painters |
Spouse | Jessica Livingston (m. 2008) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Thesis | The State of a Program and Its Uses (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Thomas E. Cheatham Jr. |
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