Evidence-backed historical profile · Master Vault 22
John Backus
John Warner Backus
Historical record
Overview
December 3, 1924
March 17, 2007
22
Master Vault 22
MNV Complete Number Method
Complete Number 22
Birth dateDecember 3, 1924
date validation1924 + 12 + 3
digit extraction1 + 9 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 7
initial digit sum1 + 9 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 22
master number preservation22
final value22 = 22
Archive classificationMaster Vault 22
The calculation establishes only this result and Master Vault classification under the documented method.
Institutional citations
Evidence Explorer
Evidence supports only the factual claim or scope to which it is bound. It does not verify a person as a whole.
Institutional source 1
John Backus institutional record 1
IEEE Computer Society
Institutional metadata supports identity, exact birth, exact death, role, FORTRAN contribution.
Institutional source 2
John Backus institutional record 2
American Mathematical Society
Institutional metadata supports identity, exact birth, exact death.
Evidence details
Formal and public identity only; no whole-Person verification.
Exact institutionally rendered Gregorian civil date; no conversion performed.
Exact death date only.
Computer scientist and programming-language pioneer
corroboratedBounded neutral role language; no significance ranking.
Led the IBM team that developed FORTRAN and contributed Backus notation/BNF history.
evidence-locatedInstitutional context only; no endorsement or sole-credit implication.
citation-and-summary-only Collective credit for FORTRAN must remain bounded to the team and institutionally supported. PDF locator maintenance applies to Source B.
evidence-locatedRights, attribution, naming, and sensitive context remain separately reviewable.
Scope and limits
What this record establishes
Historical evidence
Institutional evidence supports only the factual claim or claims to which it is bound.
Calculation
The Complete Number establishes Master Vault classification under the documented MNV method.
Numerology
Traditional interpretation does not establish or explain this person’s behavior, traits, accomplishments, or life outcomes.
Corpus
Membership describes the current documented MNV corpus, not all people in history.
Profile-specific limits
- citation-and-summary-only
- Collective credit for FORTRAN must remain bounded to the team and institutionally supported.
- PDF locator maintenance applies to Source B.
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