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Sophie Wilson

1957 - Today

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Sophie Mary Wilson DistFBCS (born Roger Wilson; June 1957) is an English computer scientist, a co-designer of the Instruction Set for the ARM architecture. Wilson first designed a microcomputer during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge. She subsequently joined Acorn Computers and was instrumental in designing the BBC Microcomputer, including the BBC BASIC programming language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophie Wilson has received more than 1,426,694 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sophie Wilson is the 184th most popular computer scientist (down from 173rd in 2019), the 5,596th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,074th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Computer Scientist.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Sophie Wilson ranks 184 out of 201. Before her are Erich Gamma, Theo de Raadt, Phil Katz, Bassel Khartabil, Douglas Crockford, and Luis von Ahn. After her are Hans Reiser, Werner Koch, Chieko Asakawa, Craig Federighi, Christian Engström, and Daphne Koller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Sophie Wilson ranks 548. Before her are Nitin Gadkari, Peter Sellars, Matt Vogel, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, Andrew Dice Clay, and Meagen Fay. After her are Hannelore Anke, Paweł Huelle, Tim Bevan, Sofia Sakorafa, Cam Clarke, and Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sophie Wilson ranks 5,596 out of 7,765. Before her are Tom Burke (1981), Mel Charles (1935), Tommy Gemmell (1943), Colin McGinn (1950), Robert Lindsay (1949), and Charlotte Despard (1844). After her are Nigel Havers (1951), Samantha Power (1970), Finn Jones (1988), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Magda Szubanski (1961), and Bruce Rioch (1947).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United Kingdom

Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Sophie Wilson ranks 17. Before her are Richard Garriott (1961), Martin Fowler (1963), Paul Graham (1964), Alan Cox (1968), Andrew Morton (1959), and Kathleen Booth (1922). After her are Demis Hassabis (1976).

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