Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Ken Thompson Biography and Timeline

Follow Ken Thompson through 1 dated historical records for United States of America.

Ken Thompson, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1970–1970Years on this page

1970

Unix Development

Programmer · Unix developer · Murray Hill · Science / Computer Science

Continues development of Unix at Bell Labs

Records, sources and methodology

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