| Authorised form of name | Davies; Donald Watts (1924 - 2000) |
| Dates | 1924 - 2000 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Treorchy, Wales |
| Date of birth | 07/06/1924 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 28/05/2000 |
| Research field | Computer science |
| Activity | Education:
School in Portsmouth; Imperial College, London. BSc (1943, Physics), BSc (1947, Mathematics)
Career:
Assistant to Klaus Fuchs, atomic research, Birmingham University and worked at ICI Billingham (between degrees); joined National Physical Laboratory in the ACE digital computer team (1947) and worked with Alan Turing (FRS 1951); technical manager, advanced computer techniques project (1963); Superintendent, autonomics division, NPL (1966-1979); devised packet-switching; led work on data security at NPL (1979-1984); retired, continuing as a data security consultant; author of 'Computer networks and their protocols' (1973); visiting Professor, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (1987)
Honours:
CBE 1983
Memberships:
Distinguished Fellow, British Computer Society (1975)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1987 |
| Age at election | 62 |
| Relationships | Married (1955) Diane Burton; one daughter, two sons |
| Source | Sources:
Obituary, The Times 31 May 2000
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 87-96, plate, by R M Needham FREng FRS |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/46859041 |
| Code | NA2800 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1987/06 | Davies, Donald Watts: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1985 |
| HWT/25/7 | Correspondence and papers regarding premature return to China (due to Cultural Revolution) of Chinese research workers in Britain | January - September 1967 |
| IM/GA/GGRS/8488 | Davies, Donald Watts | 1987 |