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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tom_KilburnTom Kilburn - Wikipedia

    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.

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    • 17 January 2001 (aged 79), Manchester, England
  2. Apr 26, 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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  3. Aug 11, 2021 · Learn about Tom Kilburn, the English engineer who developed the Williams-Kilburn tube, the first practical method of storing digital information on a cathode ray tube. He also built the first stored-program computer, the Small-Scale Experimental Machine, in 1948.

  4. computerhistory.org › profile › tom-kilburnTom Kilburn - CHM

    Apr 18, 2024 · 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.

  5. Professor Emeritus Tom Kilburn FRS was born on 11 August 1921 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. He received his BA and MA degrees in mathematics from Cambridge University, and his PhD degree (1948) and his DSc degree (1953) from Manchester University. He was head of the Department of Computer Sciences of Manchester University.

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  7. One of the preeminent figures in the early history of computer design was Tom Kilburn. Over the course of some 30 years, he made significant contributions to the development of five historically significant computers.

  8. Feb 22, 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 ...

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