Background
Popplestone, Robin John was born on December 9, 1938 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Came to the United States, 1986. Son of Jack Raymond and Iris Lillian (Sanders) Popplestone.
Popplestone, Robin John was born on December 9, 1938 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Came to the United States, 1986. Son of Jack Raymond and Iris Lillian (Sanders) Popplestone.
Bachelor of Science, Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom, 1960.
He developed the POP programming languages. He was born in Bristol but grew up in Belfast. The early part of his professional career was spent at the University of Edinburgh and the later part at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
After his retirement in 2001 he retired to the Glasgow area.
He may be a distant relative of the New Zealand celebrity, Hamish Popplestone.
Fellow American Association for Artificial Intelligence (founding).
Married Rose Elaine Cornock (divorced 1969). Children: Michael, Jennifer, Sally. Married Kristin Diane Morrison, September 29, 1985.