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Maurice V. Wilkes 1913-2010
Maurice V. Wilkes 1913-2010
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in 1935 he became a research student at the cavendish laboratory, cambridge University, working on the propagation of long radio waves. a turning point in his life occurred when he attended a lecture by douglas Hartree, a computing expert and professor of mathematical physics at Manchester University.
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Heavy use of the laboratory's facilities was made by cambridge University's researchers, including some of its luminaries -- such as John Kendrew, Fred Hoyle, and Martin Ryle. Kendrew's calculations for determination of the molecular structure of myoglobin, for which he received a Nobel Prize in 1962, were largely done on the edsac.
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in the early 1960s iBM based its world-beating system/360 computers around the idea, and it remains a cornerstone of computer architecture. Wilkes played an influential role in promoting computing in Britain, being elected to the royal society in 1956, becoming inaugural president of the British computer society in 1957, and serving as the British representative for the international federation of information Processing societies.
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following his retirement from cambridge University, he took up a position as a senior consulting engineer with the digital equipment corporation in Maynard, Massachusetts. There he enjoyed the american way of life and hospitality and developed an abiding friendship with i.
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