Inventory

When visiting Dijkstra's home in Nuenen in January 2011, the shelves in Dijkstra's office were still packed with books. Stacked against the walls were several boxes which Dijkstra had sent to his home in Nuenen from Texas (in 1999/2000). Even very personal information, such as his medical dossier, was still in his office.

With the permission from Edsger W. Dijkstra's family, I was allowed to empty a large part of his office. In total, I took with me 16 boxes of Edsger W. Dijkstra's original possessions. The contents of those boxes are listed on this page.

Four post cards.

Submitted by egdaylight on

Here are four more post cards, selected randomly from Dijkstra's collection. They were written by

  • Alain from France.
  • Netty van Gasteren from the Netherlands.
  • Jo Ebergen from the Mathematical Centre in Amsterdam.
  • Martin from the California Institute of Technology.

All four authors congratulated Dijkstra for his one thousandth EWD.

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