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Tom Kilburn CBE FRS (11 August 1921 – 17 January 2001) was an English mathematician and computer scientist. Over his 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.
Tom Kilburn CBE (* 11. August 1921 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire; † 17. Januar 2001 in Manchester) [1] war ein britischer Computer-Pionier. Kilburn studierte Mathematik an der Universität Cambridge, an der er 1942 seinen Abschluss mit Auszeichnung machte. Danach arbeitete er im Zweiten Weltkrieg in der Gruppe von Frederic Calland ...
26. Apr. 2024 · Tom Kilburn (born August 11, 1921, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England—died January 17, 2001, Manchester) was a British engineer and co-inventor of the first working computer memory. Kilburn also designed and built the first stored-program computer and led a team that produced a succession of pioneering computers over the next 25 years.
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Vor 4 Tagen · In 1962, it was considered the most powerful computer in the world. Tom Kilburn was professor of computer engineering (1960), then computer science (1964) at the University Manchester, retiring in 1981. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society. He passed away in 2001.
22. Feb. 2001 · Designer of the first stored-program computer Credit: DEPT COMPUTER SCIENCE, UNIV. MANCHESTER. By 1947 the theory of general-purpose, stored-program computers was familiar to several research ...
- Simon Lavington
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- 2001
Tom Kilburn was the chief designer of the Atlas computer and leader of the joint University of Manchester/Ferranti team that brought the project to a successful conclusion.
Professor Emeritus Tom Kilburn FRS was born on August 11th 1921. He was born and brought up in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. He died on January 17th 2001 in Manchester after twenty years of quiet retirement, in the city where he made such a great contribution to the first 25 years of computer development.
