{"name": "Herbert Schildt", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Herbert Schildt is an American computing author, programmer and musician. He has written books about the C and Java programming languages. He was also a founding member of the progressive rock band Starcastle.\r\nBio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\r\n\r\nExpert programmer Herb Schildt, has sold over 1 million copies of his books worldwide. His best-sellers include The Art of C: Elegant Programming Solutions; C: The Complete Reference, now in its second edition; C++: The Complete Reference; Turbo C++: The Complete Reference, now in a second edition; Teach Yourself C; Teach Yourself C++; C: The Pocket Reference, as well as several books on DOS. Schildt was president of Universal Computing Laboratories, Inc., a software engineering firm. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\r\n\r\n - [WebSite][1]\r\n\r\n\r\n  [1]: http://www.herbschildt.com"}, "personal_name": "Herbert Schildt", "alternate_names": ["H. Schildt"], "photos": [8093799], "birth_date": "1951", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"viaf": "22294569", "wikidata": "Q2569324", "isni": "0000000121238622", "lc_naf": "n85130265", "opac_sbn": "LO1V009574"}, "key": "/authors/OL57775A", "latest_revision": 9, "revision": 9, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-08-01T00:08:42.147455"}}