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Maurice V. Wilkes in 1951 | '''Maurice V. Wilkes''' was a British computer scientist; in 1951, Director of the Mathematical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. Among his accomplishments were leading the creation of [[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 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 | |||
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==Further reading== | |||
* Maurice V. Wilkes, ''Memoirs of a Computer Pioneer'', MIT Press, Cambridge, 1985 - autobiography | |||
* Maurice V. Wilkes, ''Computing Perspectives'', Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, 1995 - essays on various topics | |||
[[Category:People]] | ==External links== | ||
* [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 16:32, 15 September 2026
Maurice V. Wilkes was a British computer scientist; in 1951, Director of the Mathematical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. Among his accomplishments were leading the creation of 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
Further reading
- Maurice V. Wilkes, Memoirs of a Computer Pioneer, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1985 - autobiography
- Maurice V. Wilkes, Computing Perspectives, Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, 1995 - essays on various topics
External links
- Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes - biographical obituary
- Maurice Vincent Wilkes - brief biography at the IEEE Computer Society
