biography
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| (1921–2001)
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| biography:
| Computer scientist, born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, becoming professor of computer science at Manchester (1964–81), and one of the dominant figures in British computer design. After working with Sir Frederic Calland Williams to build the world's first operational stored-program computer in 1948, he directed a series of collaborative ventures with Ferranti Ltd. His design for the ATLAS computer (1962) pioneered many modern concepts in paging, virtual memory, and multiprogramming. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1965. |
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