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Tom Kilburn Dead

Tom Kilburn
KindPerson
Born1921
Died2001
StatusDead
FieldHardware
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Wrote and ran the first stored program on the Manchester Baby in 1948; led Manchester's machines through Atlas.

Created Manchester Baby Manchester Mark 1

Co-built the Manchester Baby (1948) — the first stored-program computer to run — with Williams, then the Manchester Mark 1 and Atlas.\n\nThe UK's 'father of computing'; the Williams tube made it possible.

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kilburn
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Baby