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Frederic Calland Williams - Definition and Overview

Sir Frederic Calland Williams (1911 - 1977), known as 'Freddie Williams', was an English engineer. With Tom Kilburn he pioneered the stored-program digital computer at the University of Manchester. He is particularly well known for his invention of the Williams-Kilburn tube, and early memory device, and the Manchester Mark I computer.

Comemorative plaque at the
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Comemorative plaque at the University of Manchester

External links

Biography (http://www.computer50.org/mark1/williams.html)

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