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Ray Boyce Dead

Ray Boyce
KindPerson
Born1947
Died1974
StatusDead
Fielddatabases
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Co-created SEQUEL with Chamberlin and defined Boyce–Codd normal form — dying at 27 before SQL shipped.

Worked at IBM
Created SQL

Co-created SEQUEL/SQL with Chamberlin and invented Boyce–Codd Normal Form with Codd.\n\nDied 1974 at 27 — before SQL shipped; his name is on the two most consequential database contributions.

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_F._Boyce