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| − | '''Maurice V. Wilkes''' was a British computer scientist, in 1951 was Director of the Mathematical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. Among his accomplishments were [[EDSAC]] (the first usable stored-program computer) and popularizing the use of [[microcode]]. | + | '''Maurice V. Wilkes''' was a British computer scientist, in 1951 was Director of the Mathematical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. Among his accomplishments were [[EDSAC]] (the first usable stored-[[program]] [[computer]]) and popularizing the use of [[microcode]]. |
He has written many articles and books, among them: | He has written many articles and books, among them: | ||
| − | * ''The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer'', 1951 (with David J. Wheeler and Stanley Gill) - the first book published about programming | + | * ''The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer'', 1951 (with David J. Wheeler and Stanley Gill) - the first book ever published about programming |
* Chapter 7, 'Calculating Machine Development at Cambridge', in ''Faster Than Thought'', 1953 | * Chapter 7, 'Calculating Machine Development at Cambridge', in ''Faster Than Thought'', 1953 | ||
* Chapter 2, 'The EDSAC', in ''Automatic Digital Computation'', 1954 | * Chapter 2, 'The EDSAC', in ''Automatic Digital Computation'', 1954 | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | * [https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.2013.0020 Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes] | + | * [https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.2013.0020 Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes] - biographical obituary |
| + | * [https://history.computer.org/pioneers/pdfs/W/Wilkes.pdf Maurice Vincent Wilkes] - brief biography at the IEEE Computer Society | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:53, 12 October 2024
Maurice V. Wilkes was a British computer scientist, in 1951 was Director of the Mathematical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. Among his accomplishments were EDSAC (the first usable stored-program computer) and popularizing the use of microcode.
He has written many articles and books, among them:
- The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer, 1951 (with David J. Wheeler and Stanley Gill) - the first book ever published about programming
- Chapter 7, 'Calculating Machine Development at Cambridge', in Faster Than Thought, 1953
- Chapter 2, 'The EDSAC', in Automatic Digital Computation, 1954
External links
- Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes - biographical obituary
- Maurice Vincent Wilkes - brief biography at the IEEE Computer Society
