Tom Kilburn
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 23 years ago |
Date of birth | August 11,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Dewsbury |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | January 17,2001 |
Died | Manchester |
United Kingdom | |
Known for | Williams tube |
Manchester Mark 1 | |
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Manchester computers | |
Notable student | Carole Goble |
Job | Electrical engineer |
Awards | Royal Medal |
IEEE Computer Society Awards - Eckert-Mauchly Award | |
W. Wallace McDowell Award | |
IET Mountbatten Medal | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1868163 |
Tom Kilburn Life story
Tom Kilburn CBE FRS was an English mathematician and computer scientist. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.