| Authorised form of name | Kilburn; Tom (1921 - 2001) |
| Dates | 1921 - 2001 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 11/08/1921 |
| Place of death | Manchester |
| Date of death | 17/01/2001 |
| Occupation | Computer engineer |
| Research field | Computer engineering |
| Activity | Education:
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 category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1965 |
| Age at election | 43 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1978-1979
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1978 |
| Relationships | Married (1943) Irene Marsden (died 1981); one son, one daughter |
| Source | Sources:
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 File | http://viaf.org/viaf/291252062 |
| Code | NA6206 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1965/18 | Kilburn, Tom: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |