Maurice Wilkes
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Maurice Wilkes was a pioneering British computer scientist best known for building the EDSAC, one of the first practical stored-program computers, and for introducing microprogramming.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maurice Wilkes canonical | 20 |
| Maurice V. Wilkes | 1 |
| Maurice Vincent Wilkes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2409170 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Wilkes Context triple: [IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award, notableRecipient, Maurice Wilkes]
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A.
Howard Aiken
Howard Aiken was an American engineer and computing pioneer best known for designing the IBM Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic digital computers.
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B.
J. Presper Eckert
J. Presper Eckert was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer best known as the co-inventor of ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.
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C.
John W. Mauchly
John W. Mauchly was an American physicist and computer engineer best known as the co-inventor of the ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.
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D.
Fernando J. Corbató
Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
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E.
John Backus
John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Wilkes Target entity description: Maurice Wilkes was a pioneering British computer scientist best known for building the EDSAC, one of the first practical stored-program computers, and for introducing microprogramming.
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A.
Howard Aiken
Howard Aiken was an American engineer and computing pioneer best known for designing the IBM Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic digital computers.
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B.
J. Presper Eckert
J. Presper Eckert was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer best known as the co-inventor of ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.
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C.
John W. Mauchly
John W. Mauchly was an American physicist and computer engineer best known as the co-inventor of the ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.
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D.
Fernando J. Corbató
Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
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E.
John Backus
John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Computer Pioneer Award
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award
Faraday Medal ⓘ
linked to:
IET Faraday Medal
Harry H. Goode Memorial Award ⓘ Kyoto Prize ⓘ National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ Turing Award ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom
|
| dateOfBirth | 1913-06-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-11-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John's College, Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
St John’s College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| employer |
Mathematical Laboratory, University of Cambridge
ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilkes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer engineering
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ electronic engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Maurice ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
ⓘ
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering ⓘ Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
computer architecture
ⓘ
microarchitecture design ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alan Turing
ⓘ
John von Neumann ⓘ |
| knownFor |
design and construction of EDSAC
ⓘ
early work on assemblers and programming techniques ⓘ introduction of microprogramming ⓘ pioneering work in computer architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Association for Computing Machinery
ⓘ
British Computer Society ⓘ Institution of Electrical Engineers ⓘ
linked to:
Institution of Engineering and Technology
Royal Academy of Engineering ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableWork |
EDSAC
ⓘ
EDSAC 2 ⓘ Programming and the Computer ⓘ Time-sharing computer systems ⓘ Wilkes microprogramming control ⓘ microprogramming ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dudley
ⓘ
England ⓘ Worcestershire ⓘ
linked to:
Worcestershire, England
|
| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridgeshire ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridgeshire, England
England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Computer Technology at the University of Cambridge
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director of the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridgeshire ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridgeshire, England
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maurice Wilkes Description of subject: Maurice Wilkes was a pioneering British computer scientist best known for building the EDSAC, one of the first practical stored-program computers, and for introducing microprogramming.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maurice Wilkes
linked to: Maurice Wilkes