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Authorised form of nameKilburn; Tom (1921 - 2001)
Dates1921 - 2001
NationalityBritish
Place of birthDewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth11/08/1921
Place of deathManchester
Date of death17/01/2001
OccupationComputer engineer
Research fieldComputer engineering
ActivityEducation:
Wheelwright Grammar School, Dewsbury; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (graduated in Mathematics, 1942); crash course in electronics (1942)
Career:
Staff, Telecommunications Research Establishment, Malvern (1942); Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Manchester University (1946); Lecturer, Manchester University (1948-1951); Senior lecturer (1951-1955); Reader in Electronics (1955-1960); Professor of Computer Engineering (1960-1964); Professor of Computer Science (1964-1981); Dean of Science and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (until 1981)
Honours:
CBE 1973
Memberships:
Distinguished Fellow, British Computer Society (1974)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/03/1965
Age at election43
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1978-1979
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1978
RelationshipsMarried (1943) Irene Marsden (died 1981); one son, one daughter
SourceSources:
Obituaries: Times and Independent, 23/01/2001; Nature vol 409 p 996 (22 February 2001)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 283-298, plate, by Sir Maurice Wilkes and Hilary J Kahn
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/291252062
CodeNA6206
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EC/1965/18Kilburn, Tom: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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