Editing Bjarne Stroustrup (section)

== Early life and education ==
Stroustrup was born in [[Aarhus, Denmark]]. His family was [[working class]], and he attended local schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stroustrup.com/draper_acceptance_speech.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.stroustrup.com/draper_acceptance_speech.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=NAE Honors 2018 Draper Prize Winner|date=2 January 2020|website=stroustrup.com}}</ref>

He attended [[Aarhus University]] from 1969 to 1975 and graduated with a [[Cand.scient.|Candidatus Scientiarum]] in [[mathematics]] with [[computer science]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bjarne Stroustrup |url=https://engineering.columbia.edu/files/seas/content/stroustrup_cv_2019.pdf |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106014437/https://engineering.columbia.edu/files/seas/content/stroustrup_cv_2019.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> His interests focused on microprogramming and machine architecture. He learned the fundamentals of [[object-oriented programming]] from its inventor, [[Kristen Nygaard]], who frequently visited [[Aarhus]].

In 1979, he received his [[PhD]] in computer science from the [[University of Cambridge]],<ref name=stroustrupphd/><ref name="wong">{{cite news|url=http://electronicdesign.com/dev-tools/bjarne-stroustrup-c-creator-keeps-developing|title=Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ Creator Keeps RUNE Developing|last=Wong|first=William|date=26 November 2013|work=Electronic Design|access-date=29 January 2014|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202182835/http://electronicdesign.com/dev-tools/bjarne-stroustrup-c-creator-keeps-developing|url-status=live}}</ref> where his research on [[distributed computing]] was supervised by [[David Wheeler (computer scientist)|David Wheeler]].<ref name="mathgene" /><ref name=stroustrupphd>{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Bjarne |last=Stroustrup |title=Communication and control in distributed computer systems |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=1979 |id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.474113}} |url=https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21432719740003606 |author-link=Bjarne Stroustrup |website=cam.ac.uk |oclc=219769715 }}</ref>