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Wilkes
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GB 275 Wilkes
Title
Papers of Maurice Wilkes
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- 1850–2010 (Circa.) (Creation)
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34 boxes and several awards paper
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(1913-2010)
Biographical history
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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Correspondence, photographs, diaries, publications and other papers.
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Preferred citation: St John's College Library, Papers of Maurice Wilkes
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10 Dec 2012