Sir Maurice Wilkes

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:award gptkb:Computer_History_Museum_Fellow_Award
gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Pioneer_Award
gptkb:Royal_Society_Fellow
Knighthood
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1913-06-26
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Maurice_Vincent_Wilkes
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dudley,_Worcestershire,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2010-11-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
computer science
engineering
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:DFBCS
gptkb:FRS
gptkb:FREng
Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Maurice Wilkes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Wheeler
gptkb:Stanley_Gill
computer science
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Wilkes_tube
gptkb:EDSAC
gptkb:assembly_language
microprogramming
subroutine
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_Computer_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:David_Wheeler
gptkb:Stanley_Gill
gptkbp:position gptkb:Head_of_the_Computer_Laboratory,_University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Memoirs_of_a_Computer_Pioneer
gptkb:The_Preparation_of_Programs_for_an_Electronic_Digital_Computer
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Nora_Wilkes
gptkbp:Turing_Award_citation For his work on the EDSAC and contributions to the development of computer science.
gptkbp:TuringAwardYear 1967
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:President_of_the_British_Computer_Society
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5