Mike Woodger
Mike Woodger | |
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 ThePilot ACEcomputer, now in theScience Museum, London | |
| Born | 28 March 1923 |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University College London |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | National Physical Laboratory |
Michael Woodger(born 28 March 1923) is a pioneering Englishcomputer scientist.He was influential in the development of the earlyPilot ACEcomputer, working withAlan Turing,and later the design and documentation of programming languages such asALGOL 60andAda.[1]He was based at theNational Physical Laboratory(NPL) located inTeddington,London,for most of his career.[2]
Mike Woodger was the eldest of four children. His father wasJoseph Henry Woodger(1894–1981), a professor of biology at theUniversity of London.[1]He graduated fromUniversity College Londonin 1943 and worked at theMinistry of Supplyon military applications for the rest ofWorld War II.[3]In May 1946, he then joined the new Mathematics Division at theNational Physical Laboratorylocated in westLondon.At NPL, he worked with Alan Turing on the ACE computer design,[4]leading eventually to thePilot ACEcomputer[5]after Turing had left NPL, first operational in 1950.[6]He later worked on programming language design, especiallyALGOL 60andAda.[7]
References
[edit]- ^abYates, David (Spring 2010)."Pioneer Profile: Michael Woodger".Computer Resurrection –The Bulletin of the Computer Conservation Society.Vol. 50.
- ^Yates, David M. (1997).Turing's Legacy: A history of computing at the National Physical Laboratory 1945–1995.UK:Science Museum, London.pp. 10, 12, 24, 30–31, 38, 39, 66, 70, 111, 124, 159, 176, 182, 219, 222, 236, 316, 329, 331, 332.ISBN978-0-9018-0594-2.
- ^"Michael Woodger".UK:National Physical Laboratory.Retrieved26 January2017.
- ^Woodger, M. (1951). "Automatic Computing Engine of the National Physical Laboratory".Nature.167:270.
- ^Campbell-Kelly, Martin(1981). "Programming the Pilot ACE: Early Programming Activity at the National Physical Laboratory".IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.Vol. 3, no. 1.IEEE.pp. 133–162.
- ^"Alan Turing: Assistant Mike Woodger recalls working with the computer pioneer".BBC News.UK:BBC.22 June 2012.Retrieved26 January2017.
- ^Lee, J. A. N."Michael Woodger".IEEE Computer Society.IEEE.Retrieved26 January2017.
