Andrew Colin

Andrew John Theodore Colin (1936-2018; short Andrew Colin) became a lecturer in Computer Science from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, where he taught from 1970. Colin published 12 textbooks on various aspects of computer science, some of which were translated into other languages. He also wrote many articles on computer science. He was co-inventor of the Binary Tree, a standard data structure widely used in many computer programs. Colin wrote the book "Introduction to BASIC" (parts 1 & 2) in 1982 and after more than 40 years his way of teaching has spread to high school and computer science university departments, engaging thousands of students in the study of structured programming.

Books (Selection)

• 1981/82: Introduction to BASIC Part 1 & 2 for C64 and VIC-20 (also translated into Italian)
• 1980: Fundamentals of Computer Science (Macmillan computer science series)
• 1979: Programming for Microprocessors
• 1978: Programming and Problem-Solving in Algol 68 (Macmillan computer science series)
• 1971: Introduction to operating systems (Computer monographs, 17)

Links

Wikipedia: Andrew_Colin

• His website at University at Glasgow
• At Oldcomputr.com
• Some programs at CSDb