Editing William Crowther (programmer) (section)

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{{Short description|Computer programmer and caver (born 1936)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = William Crowther
| image              = Will Crowther Fall 2012.jpg
| caption            = Crowther in 2012
| birth_date         = {{birth year and age|1936}}
| birth_place        = [[United States]]
| alma_mater         = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| occupation         = [[Computer programmer]], [[caving|caver]]
| other_names        = Willie, Will
| spouse             = [[Patricia Crowther (caver)|Patricia Crowther]] (until 1976), Nancy S. Crowther (married 1980-present)
}}

'''William Crowther''' (born 1936) is an American [[computer programmer]], [[caver]], and [[rock climber]]. He is the co-creator of ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure]]'' from 1975 onward, a seminal computer game that influenced the first decade of [[video game design]] and inspired the [[text adventure]] [[Video game genre|game genre]].