Editing Niklaus Wirth (section)

==Early life and education==
Niklaus Emil Wirth was born in [[Winterthur]], Switzerland, on 15 February 1934.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Henderson |first1=Harry |title=Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology |date=2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-1003-5 |page=514 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Tla6d153uwC&dq=%22Niklaus%20Wirth%22%2015%20february%201934&pg=PA514 |language=en |chapter=Wirth, Niklaus}}</ref> He was the son of Hedwig (née Keller) and Walter Wirth, a high school teacher.<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|31725|Wirth, Niklaus|author=Zehnder, Carl August|date=13 February 2024}}</ref> Wirth studied [[electronic engineering]] at the [[Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich|Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich]] (ETH Zürich) from 1954 to 1958, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.<ref name=HDS/> In 1960, he earned a Master of Science (M.Sc.) from [[Université Laval]] in [[Quebec]].<ref name=HDS/> Then in 1963, he was awarded a PhD in [[electrical engineering and computer science]] (EECS) from the [[University of California, Berkeley]], supervised by computer design pioneer [[Harry Huskey]].<ref name="Pioneer"/>