Maurice V. Wilkes (1913–2010)
Author of Memoirs of a Computer Pioneer
About the Author
Works by Maurice V. Wilkes
The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer with special reference to the EDSAC and the use of a library of subroutines (1951) — Author — 16 copies
Computing Perspectives (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) (1995) 15 copies
Associated Works
Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine: The Master Codebreaker's Struggle to Build the Modern Computer (2005) — Contributor — 47 copies
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- Legal name
- Wilkes, Maurice Vincent
- Birthdate
- 1913-06-26
- Date of death
- 2010-11-29
- Gender
- male
- Education
- King Edward VI College, Stourbridge
St John's College, Cambridge - Occupations
- computer scientist
university professor - Organizations
- British Computer Society (Distinguished Fellow | 1973)
British Computer Society (Founder Member and first President)
Royal Academy of Engineering (Fellow)
Royal Society (1956)
ACM (Fellow | 1994)
The Computer History Museum (Fellow | 2001) (show all 7)
University of Cambridge - Awards and honors
- Turing Award (1967)
Harry Goode Memorial Award (1968)
Faraday Medal (1981)
Mountbatten Medal (1997)
Knight Bachelor (2000)
IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (Charter) - Relationships
- Wegner, Peter (#1, student)
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Dudley, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 95
- Popularity
- #197,645
- Rating
- 3.5
- ISBNs
- 17