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About
Screenwriter, writer, and television writer who is best known for his work on television shows like The Simpsons and Futurama. Westbrook's Erdős number is three due to his research collaborations with Tarjan and others. His Bacon number is also three, due to his appearance as an extra in the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, giving a combined Erdős-Bacon number of six.
Before Fame
He graduated from both Harvard University and Princeton University. He majored in physics and the history of science.
Trivia
Before he wrote for television, he was an algorithms researcher. He even studied computer science with Robert Tarjan at Princeton University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1989 with a thesis entitled Algorithms and Data Structures for Dynamic Graph Algorithms.
Family Life
He is from Los Angeles, California.
Associated With
He shared a tweet thanking cartoonist Matt Groening for his work on Futurama.
