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mike, woodger, michael, woodger, born, march, 1923, pioneering, english, computer, scientist, influential, development, early, pilot, computer, working, with, alan, turing, later, design, documentation, programming, languages, such, algol, based, national, phy. Michael Woodger born 28 March 1923 is a pioneering English computer scientist He was influential in the development of the early Pilot ACE computer working with Alan Turing and later the design and documentation of programming languages such as ALGOL 60 and Ada 1 He was based at the National Physical Laboratory NPL located in Teddington London for most of his career 2 Mike WoodgerThe Pilot ACE computer now in the Science Museum LondonBorn 1923 03 28 28 March 1923 age 100 Epsom Surrey EnglandCitizenshipBritishAlma materUniversity College LondonKnown forPilot ACE ALGOL 60 Ada programming language Scientific careerFieldsComputer scienceInstitutionsNational Physical LaboratoryMike Woodger was the eldest of four children His father was Joseph Henry Woodger 1894 1981 a professor of biology at the University of London 1 He graduated from University College London in 1943 and worked at the Ministry of Supply on military applications for the rest of World War II 3 In May 1946 he then joined the new Mathematics Division at the National Physical Laboratory located in west London At NPL he worked with Alan Turing on the ACE computer design 4 leading eventually to the Pilot ACE computer 5 after Turing had left NPL first operational in 1950 6 He later worked on programming language design especially ALGOL 60 and Ada 7 References edit a b Yates 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 ISBN 978 0 9018 0594 2 Michael Woodger UK National Physical Laboratory Retrieved 26 January 2017 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 Retrieved 26 January 2017 Lee J A N Michael Woodger IEEE Computer Society IEEE Retrieved 26 January 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mike Woodger amp oldid 1165624447, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
