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McCarthy, John

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McCarthy, John (1957- )

English journalist who in 1986 was taken prisoner in Lebanon by the militant group Islamic Jihad. His then girlfriend, Jill Morrell, and other friends campaigned for his release, though this did not take place until 1991. With Jill Morrell he wrote Some Other Rainbow (1992) recording in counterpoint the experience of captivity and the prolonged efforts made for his release.

McCarthy, John (1927- )

US mathematician and computer specialist. He is considered one of the fathers of artificial intelligence, having developed the programming language LISP (1958-62); he also helped develop ALGOL. He also did early work in robotics (1969). McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was affiliated with Dartmouth College (1955-58), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1958-62), and Stanford University (from 1962).
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