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Wilkes, Maurice Vincent (1913-2010) computer scientist

  • GB 275 003892
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  • 1913-2010

BA 1934; PhD 1938; Fellow 1950-2010; FRS 1956. Professor of Computing Technology 1965-80. Director of the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory, subsequently the Computer Laboratory. Designer of the EDSAC programmable computer, which successfully ran its first significant program on 6 May 1949. Honoured as a pioneer of computing in the UK, Maurice Wilkes was knighted in 2000. He was the first recipient of the Kyoto Prize, computer science's most prestigious award.

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