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From JerryKindall.com:

“…Although you may not realize it, you use technology based on the theories of Edgar F. “Ted” Codd every day. Codd developed the theoretical underpinnings of the relational database in a series of papers published by IBM (his employer at the time) in the 1970s. IBM, however, was not interested in a radical departure from what they were already doing with databases, and it took a guy named Larry Ellison to turn Codd's theories into a product, which eventually was called Oracle.

In 1981, Codd received the Turing Award for his work.

Born in Portland, England, Codd spent most of his professional life in the United States. He died April 18 at the age of 79…”