Conway Berners-Lee
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Conway Berners-Lee | |
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| Born | 19 September 1921 |
| Died | 1 February 2019 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Employer | NPL ICI, Ferranti, ICT, ICL |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Tim Berners-Lee Peter Helen Michael |
| Parent(s) | Helen Lane Campbell Gray and Cecil Burford Berners-Lee |
Conway Maurice Berners-Lee (19 September 1921[1] – 1 February 2019) was an English mathematician and computer scientist.
He worked as a member of the team that developed the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial stored program electronic computer.[2][3]
He was born in Birmingham in 1921[4] and was the father of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.
He retired in 1986 and died on 1 February 2019 at the age of 97.[5]
Conway Berners-Lee Media
Conway Berners-Lee and Mary Lee Berners-Lee in 2013
References
- ↑ Reed Business Information. New Scientist (7 March 1957)Reed Business Information. p. 43–.[dead link]
- ↑ Conway and Mary Lee Berners-Lee, interviewed by Thomas Lean, 2010-2011, An Oral History of British Science, British Library Sound & Moving Image reference C1379/23 Audio and Transcript (at British Library only but brief Content summary available online).
- ↑ Although the Ferranti Mark 1was preceded by the BINAC and the Z4, BINIAC was not designed as a general purpose computer and it was never used for its intended purpose,Description of the BINAC. citing Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 10 No. 1 1988. Retrieved 5 June 2009. and Konrad Zuse's Z4 was electro-mechanical not electronic Dead medium: the Zuse Ziffernrechner; the V1, Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 program-controlled electromechanical digital computers; the death of Konrad Zuse. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ↑ Births. The Times (42835) (26 September 1921). p. 1.
- ↑ News Bulletin from the Parish of SS Alban & Stephen. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
Other websites
- The National Archives: The Ferranti Collection including:
- Linear Programming "Arrives" By Dr. D.G. Prinz & Mr C.M Berners-Lee of Ferranti Ltd. (Paper) 1996.10/6/12/28/10 1957
- The Use of Electronic Computers in the Chemical Industry. By C.M. Berners-Lee 1996.10/6/12/28/28 1959
- The Use of Computers for Optimal Planning. By C.M. Berners-Lee 1996.10/6/12/28/29 1959
- Photograph with colleagues (under Ferranti and ICL)
- An interview with Conway Berners-Lee from the British Library http://www.bl.uk/voices-of-science/interviewees/conway-berners-lee Archived 2017-05-09 at the Wayback Machine