Donald Knuth was a professor at which institution before Stanford?
University of Illinois
Princeton University
University of Washington
Cornell University
Answer
The answer is the University of Illinois, where Donald Knuth was a professor in the Department of Computer Science from 1963 to 1968. Knuth made significant contributions to the field of computer science during his time at the University, including the development of the revolutionary typesetting system TeX and the popularization of the concept of literate programming.
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