James Gosling
Born	James Gosling May 19, 1955 (age 65) Near Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University University of Calgary
Known for	Java (programming language)
Children	2
Awards	Officer of the Order of Canada IEEE John von Neumann Medal The Economist Innovation Award
Scientific career
Institutions	Sun Microsystems Oracle Corporation Google Liquid Robotics Amazon Web Services
Thesis	Algebraic Constraints (1983)
Doctoral advisor	Bob Sproull

James Arthur Gosling, often referred to as "Dr. Java", OC (born May 19, 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.

Books

• THE Java Programming Language
• The Java Language Specification
• The Real-Time Specification for Java
• The Java Language Environment
• The NeWS Book: An Introduction to the Network/extensible Window System