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Prof. Richard Simpson Bird (born 1943, London) is a Supernumerary Fellow of Computation at Lincoln College, Oxford, England,^[1] and former director of Oxford University Computing Laboratory.^[2]

Bird's research interests lie in algorithm design and functional programming, and he is known as a regular contributor to the Journal of Functional Programming and the author of Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell and other books.^[3] His name is associated with the Bird-Meertens Formalism, a calculus for deriving programs from specifications in a functional programming style.

Previously Bird was at the University of Reading.

References

^ Fellows & Staff, Lincoln College, Oxford, UK.
^ Richard Bird, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK.
^ Publications, Richard Bird, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK.

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[1] Fellows & Staff, Lincoln College, Oxford, UK.

[2] Richard Bird, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK.

[3] Publications, Richard Bird, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK.

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 [[Image:RichardSBird.JPG|thumb|upright|Richard S. Bird.]]
-Prof. '''Richard Simpson Bird''' (born 1943, [[London]]) is a [[Fellow]] of Computation at [[Lincoln College, Oxford|Lincoln College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[England]],<ref>[http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/70/40/ Richard Bird], [[Lincoln College, Oxford]], UK.</ref> and former director of [[Oxford University Computing Laboratory]].<ref>[http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/people/richard.bird.html Richard Bird], [[Oxford University Computing Laboratory]], UK.</ref>
+Prof. '''Richard Simpson Bird''' (born 1943, [[London]]) is a [[Fellow#Oxford.2C_Cambridge_and_Dublin|Supernumerary Fellow]] of Computation at [[Lincoln College, Oxford|Lincoln College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[England]],<ref>[http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/index.php?page=lp-fellows Fellows & Staff], [[Lincoln College, Oxford]], UK.</ref> and former director of [[Oxford University Computing Laboratory]].<ref>[http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/people/richard.bird.html Richard Bird], [[Oxford University Computing Laboratory]], UK.</ref>
 Bird's research interests lie in [[Algorithm|algorithm design]] and [[functional programming]], and he is known as a regular contributor to the ''[[Journal of Functional Programming]]'' and the author of ''[[Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell]]'' and other books.<ref>[http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/work/richard.bird/publications.html Publications], [http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/work/richard.bird/ Richard Bird], Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK.</ref> His name is associated with the [[Bird-Meertens Formalism]], a calculus for deriving programs from specifications in a functional programming style.
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/fellows/bird/ College home page]
 * [http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/work/richard.bird/ Laboratory home page]
 * {{dblp name|name=Richard S. Bird|id=b/Bird:Richard_S=}}