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Tom Kilburn

1921 - 2001

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Tom Kilburn (11 August 1921 – 17 January 2001) was an English mathematician and computer scientist. Over his 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance. With Freddie Williams he worked on the Williams–Kilburn tube and the world's first electronic stored-program computer, the Manchester Baby, while working at the University of Manchester. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Kilburn has received more than 137,432 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tom Kilburn is the 368th most popular engineer (down from 333rd in 2019), the 6,056th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,422nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Tom Kilburn ranks 368 out of 389. Before him are C. H. Douglas, Bob Bell, John Scott Russell, Tessy Thomas, Robert R. Gilruth, and David S. Johnson. After him are Charles Ingram, John Rennie the Elder, Naoki Hattori, Peter Hirsch, Thomas Sopwith, and Beatrice Hicks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Tom Kilburn ranks 460. Before him are Wilbur Thompson, Harold Camping, Robert Muldoon, Cliff Barker, Janet Blair, and Henry Cockburn. After him are Ted Ditchburn, Jack Valenti, Terence Cooke, Billy Taylor, Patricia Barry, and Hazel McCallion. Among people deceased in 2001, Tom Kilburn ranks 345. Before him are Kamal Ranadive, Dale Evans, Ken Green, Viktor Yakushev, Renée Schuurman, and Joan Sims. After him are G. N. Ramachandran, Stan Cullis, Wail al-Shehri, King Moody, Bobby Johnstone, and Hani Hanjour.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Kilburn ranks 6,056 out of 8,785. Before him are Charlotte Despard (1844), Catherine Cookson (1906), Henry Cockburn (1921), Mark Millar (1969), Martin Bashir (1963), and Frederick Merriman (1873). After him are Rory Kinnear (1978), David Hemery (1944), Charles Ingram (1963), Michael Foale (1957), Peter Ashdown (1934), and Vic Crowe (1932).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Tom Kilburn ranks 51. Before him are Sydney Camm (1893), Mike Gascoyne (1963), Mike Coughlan (1959), C. H. Douglas (1879), Bob Bell (1958), and John Scott Russell (1808). After him are Charles Ingram (1963), John Rennie the Elder (1761), Thomas Sopwith (1888), James Key (1972), James Guthrie (1953), and Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge (1954).

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