| Authorised form of name | Needham; Roger Michael (1935 - 2003) |
| Dates | 1935 - 2003 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Sheffield |
| Date of birth | 09/02/1935 |
| Date of death | 28/02/2003 |
| Research field | Engineering |
| Computer science |
| Activity | Education:
Doncaster Grammar School; University of Cambridge, graduated in maths and moral science (1956), diploma in numerical analysis and automatic computing (1957), PhD in information retrieval
Career:
Cambridge Language Research Unit (1957-1962); Titan project at Mathematical Laboratory (later known as Computer Laboratory), University of Cambridge under Maurice Wilkes; made a Fellow of Wolfson College (1967); Head of Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge (1980-1996); Professor, University of Cambridge (1981-1997); consultant for major companies including Rand Corporation, Hitachi and Xerox; visited Silicon Valley, California each summer (1977-1997); appointed Director of Cambridge Microsoft Research Laboratory (1997); served on lvey Committee; served on Defence Scientific Advisory Council, University Grants Committee; Trustee of Foundation for Information Policy Research; Labour Party District Councillor
Honours:
CBE 2001
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1985 |
| Age at election | 50 |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Clifford Paterson 2002 |
| Relationships | Married (1958) Karen Sparck-Jones |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries in The Times (07 March 2003); Guardian (10 March 2003)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 183-199, plate, by Sir Tony Hoare and Maurice V Wilkes |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/94898447 |
| Code | NA901 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1985/28 | Needham, Roger Michael: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1981 |
| IM/003243 | Needham, Roger Michael | 2002 |