COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Maurice Wilkes

1913 - 2010

Maurice Wilkes

Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010) was an English computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers, and who invented microprogramming, a method for using stored-program logic to operate the control unit of a central processing unit's circuits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Wilkes has received more than 247,338 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Maurice Wilkes is the 36th most popular computer scientist (up from 37th in 2019), the 1,446th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,569th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Computer Scientist.

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250k
Page Views (PV)
56.59
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
7.52
Effective Languages (L*)
3.42
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Maurice Wilkes ranks 36 out of 245. Before him are Tony Hoare, Allen Newell, Satoshi Nakamoto, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Ken Kutaragi, and Leonard Kleinrock. After him are Juris Hartmanis, Jef Raskin, Alan Perlis, Frances E. Allen, Edmund M. Clarke, and Charles Bachman.

Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia

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Tony Hoare
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 30
Allen Newell
1927 - 1992
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 31
Satoshi Nakamoto
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 32
Luigi Federico Menabrea
1809 - 1896
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 33
Ken Kutaragi
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 34
Leonard Kleinrock
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 35
Maurice Wilkes
1913 - 2010
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 36
Juris Hartmanis
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 37
Jef Raskin
1943 - 2005
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 38
Alan Perlis
1922 - 1990
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 39
Frances E. Allen
1932 - 2020
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 40
Edmund M. Clarke
1945 - 2020
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 41
Charles Bachman
1924 - 2017
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 42

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Maurice Wilkes ranks 99. Before him are Alexander Marinesko, Willi Hennig, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Georgy Flyorov, Álvaro Cunhal, and Lucien Goldmann. After him are Alan Ladd, José Sánchez del Río, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Gustaaf Deloor, Waldemar de Brito, and Otto Wichterle. Among people deceased in 2010, Maurice Wilkes ranks 83. Before him are Laurent Fignon, Johan Ferrier, Peter Graves, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Pierre Hadot, and Irvin Kershner. After him are Nicolas Hayek, Alexander Haig, Luis Molowny, André Kolingba, Dimitrios Ioannidis, and Vladislav Ardzinba.

Others Born in 1913

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Alexander Marinesko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1913 - 1963
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 93
Willi Hennig
BIOLOGIST
1913 - 1976
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 94
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark
POLITICIAN
1913 - 2007
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 95
Georgy Flyorov
PHYSICIST
1913 - 1990
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 96
Álvaro Cunhal
POLITICIAN
1913 - 2005
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 97
Lucien Goldmann
PHILOSOPHER
1913 - 1970
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 98
Maurice Wilkes
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1913 - 2010
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 99
Alan Ladd
ACTOR
1913 - 1964
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 100
José Sánchez del Río
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1913 - 1928
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 101
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1996
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 102
Gustaaf Deloor
POLITICIAN
1913 - 2002
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 103
Waldemar de Brito
SOCCER PLAYER
1913 - 1979
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 104
Otto Wichterle
CHEMIST
1913 - 1998
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 105

Others Deceased in 2010

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Laurent Fignon
CYCLIST
1960 - 2010
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 77
Johan Ferrier
POLITICIAN
1910 - 2010
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 78
Peter Graves
ACTOR
1926 - 2010
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 79
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
BIOLOGIST
1916 - 2010
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 80
Pierre Hadot
PHILOSOPHER
1922 - 2010
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 81
Irvin Kershner
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2010
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 82
Maurice Wilkes
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1913 - 2010
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 83
Nicolas Hayek
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2010
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 84
Alexander Haig
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1924 - 2010
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 85
Luis Molowny
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 2010
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 86
André Kolingba
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2010
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 87
Dimitrios Ioannidis
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1923 - 2010
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 88
Vladislav Ardzinba
POLITICIAN
1945 - 2010
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 89

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Maurice Wilkes ranks 1,446 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Jason Isaacs (1963), David Hemmings (1941), David Bradley (1942), George Arliss (1868), and Reginald Doherty (1872). After him are Brian Aldiss (1925), Kate Sheppard (1848), Colin Wilson (1931), Joseph Addison (1672), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), and George Romney (1734).

Others born in United Kingdom

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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
POLITICIAN
1565 - 1601
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,440
Jason Isaacs
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,441
David Hemmings
ACTOR
1941 - 2003
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,442
David Bradley
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,443
George Arliss
ACTOR
1868 - 1946
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,444
Reginald Doherty
TENNIS PLAYER
1872 - 1910
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,445
Maurice Wilkes
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1913 - 2010
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,446
Brian Aldiss
WRITER
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,447
Kate Sheppard
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1848 - 1934
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,448
Colin Wilson
WRITER
1931 - 2013
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,449
Joseph Addison
WRITER
1672 - 1719
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 1,450
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
COMPANION
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 1,451
George Romney
PAINTER
1734 - 1802
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,452