Maurice Wilkes
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Professor Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913, Dudley, Worcestershire — 29 November 2010) was a British computer scientist, called the "father of Brish computing".[1]
He invented the first usable stored program computer called EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) at Cambridge University in 1949.[2]
He also developed the idea of using software to program a computer, instead of a fixed electronic circuit.[2] He was knighted for his achievements in 2000.
Wilkes was the first President of the British Computing Society.
Awards [change]
- The Turing Award (1967)
- The Faraday Award (1981)
- The Kyoto Prize for advanced Technology (1992)
- The IEEE 60th Anniversary Award (2007)
References [change]
- ↑ "Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes – the ‘father’ of British computing". topnews.us. http://topnews.us/content/229626-professor-sir-maurice-wilkes-father-british-computing. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sir Maurice Wilkes: 1913 to 2010". bcs.org. http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.38150. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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