J. Paul Morrison

{{Short description|Computer scientist}}

J. Paul Morrison (1937-2022{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thestar/name/j-morrison-obituary?pid=202226106 | title= J. Paul Morrison obituary |website=legacy.com}}) was a Canadian, British-born, software architect and computer scientist.{{Cite web|url=https://jpaulm.github.io/|title=J Paul Morrison : Biography|website=jpaulm.github.io}} He is best known as the creator of flow-based programming{{cite web|author=Gabe Stein|title=How an Arcane Coding Method From 1970s Banking Software Could Save the Sanity of Web Developers Everywhere|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3016289/how-an-arcane-coding-method-from-1970s-banking-software-could-save-the-sanity-of-web-develop |access-date=9 August 2023|date= August 2013|website=Fast Company}} and author of "Flow Based Programming: A New Approach to Application Development".{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R06TSQAACAAJ | title=Flow-based Programming: A New Approach to Application Development | isbn=978-1-4515-4232-5 | last1=Morrison | first1=John Paul | date=2010 | publisher=J.P. Morrison Enterprises }} In 2013, an interview, which was videotaped, between Paul and Henri Bergius, was held in Toronto.{{cite web | url=https://bergie.iki.fi/blog/paul-morrison-interview/ | title=Interview with J. Paul Morrison, the father of Flow-Based Programming | date=6 September 2013 }}