John Henry Thompson

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John Henry Thompson

Computer scientist, artist, educator, community activist. Inventor of the Lingo programming language. Professor at NYU Tisch ITP since 1988.

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Creative Computing Clubhouse

Summer 2026

Pilot Program · NYC pilot

NYU Tisch ITP

Since 1988

Teaching · New York University

Data Portraits, after Du Bois

2021 – 2022

Installation · four pieces · NYU Tisch ITP

Lingo & Macromedia Director

1987 – 2000, 2003

Software · Macromedia, San Francisco

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