David Anthony Klarner (October 10, 1940 – March 20, 1999) was an American mathematician, author, and educator.
[8][9] Gardner in turn dedicated his twelfth collection of mathematical games columns to Klarner.
[10] Beginning in 1969 Klarner made significant contributions to the theory of combinatorial enumeration, especially focusing on polyominoes[11] and box-packing.
From 1982 to 1996 he was a professor of computer science at the University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, with a one-year break at Eindhoven in academic year 1991–92.
[20] In 1986 Klarner received a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Distinguished Teaching Award in Computer Science.