During the war F.C. Williams was the chief authority and the main source of ideas on the electrical circuits associated with many radar devices evolved at the Telecommunications Radio Establishment. Many of the extreme refinements of technique embodied in devices such as I.F.F., G.E.E. and Oboe, were due to him and were made possible by his deep knowledge of physical principles. Since the war he has developed successfully an electric storage tube for the proposed Manchester digital computing machine. The storage depends for its success on most delicate properties of wave form produced by electronic bombardment of a spot on a screen.[4]
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^ abKilburn, Tom (1948). A storage system for use with binary digital computing machines. manchester.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.488439.
^Williams, F.C.; Kilburn, T. (1949). "A storage system for use with binary-digital computing machines". Proceedings of the IEE - Part II: Power Engineering. 96 (50): 183–200. doi:10.1049/pi-2.1949.0078.
^Anderson, D. P. (2009). "Interview An interview with Maurice Wilkes". Communications of the ACM. 52 (9): 39–42. doi:10.1145/1562164.1562180. S2CID 31699280.
^Shelburne, B. J.; Burton, C. P. (1998). "Early programs on the Manchester Mark I Prototype". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 20 (3): 4. doi:10.1109/85.707570.
^Burton, C. (1998). "The Manchester baby reborn". IEE Review. 44 (3): 113–117. doi:10.1049/ir:19980302.
^Williams, Frederic Calland (1936). Problems of spontaneous oscillation in electrical circuits. solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.673482.
^Anon (2017). "Williams, Prof. Sir Frederic (Calland)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U161019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ abcNapper, Brian (October 2000). "Frederic Calland Williams (1911–1977)". University of Manchester. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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For other people named Freddie Williams see Freddie Williams disambiguation Sir Frederic Calland Williams CBE FRS 3 4 26 June 1911 11 August 1977 3 5 known as F C Williams or Freddie Williams 6 was an English engineer a pioneer in radar and computer technology 7 8 9 10 11 12 F C WilliamsCBE FRSBornFrederic Calland Williams 1911 06 26 26 June 1911Romiley StockportDied11 August 1977 1977 08 11 aged 66 ManchesterNationalityEnglishOther namesF C Williams Freddie WilliamsCitizenshipBritishEducationStockport Grammar SchoolAlma materUniversity of Manchester BSc MSc University of Oxford DPhil Known forWilliams tube Manchester Baby Manchester computersAwardsHughes Medal 1963 Faraday Medal 1972 Scientific careerInstitutionsUniversity of Manchester University of Oxford Telecommunications Research EstablishmentThesisProblems of spontaneous oscillation in electrical circuits 1936 Doctoral studentsRichard Grimsdale 1 Tom Kilburn 2 Contents 1 Education 2 Research and career 2 1 Awards and honours 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEducation EditWilliams was born in Romiley Stockport and educated at Stockport Grammar School 3 He gained a scholarship to study engineering at the University of Manchester where he was awarded Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1936 13 for research carried out as a postgraduate student of Magdalen College Oxford 14 Research and career EditWorking at the Telecommunications Research Establishment TRE Williams was a substantial contributor during World War II to the development of radar 15 In 1946 he was appointed as head of the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Manchester There with Tom Kilburn and Geoff Tootill he built the first electronic stored program digital computer the Manchester Baby 15 Williams is also recognised for his invention of the Williams tube an early memory device 15 He supervised the research of his PhD students Richard Grimsdale 1 and Tom Kilburn 2 Awards and honours EditWilliams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society FRS in 1950 His nomination readsDuring the war F C Williams was the chief authority and the main source of ideas on the electrical circuits associated with many radar devices evolved at the Telecommunications Radio Establishment Many of the extreme refinements of technique embodied in devices such as I F F G E E and Oboe were due to him and were made possible by his deep knowledge of physical principles Since the war he has developed successfully an electric storage tube for the proposed Manchester digital computing machine The storage depends for its success on most delicate properties of wave form produced by electronic bombardment of a spot on a screen 4 Personal life EditWilliams died in Manchester in 1977 aged 66 References Edit a b Grimsdale Richard Lawrence 1955 Transistor Digital Computer exlibrisgroup com PhD thesis University of Manchester Retrieved 19 April 2016 a b Kilburn Tom 1948 A storage system for use with binary digital computing machines manchester ac uk PhD thesis University of Manchester EThOS uk bl ethos 488439 a b c Kilburn T Piggott L S 1978 Frederic Calland Williams 26 June 1911 11 August 1977 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 24 583 604 doi 10 1098 rsbm 1978 0020 a b EC 1950 25 Williams Sir Frederic Calland Library and Archive Catalogue London The Royal Society Archived from the original on 8 July 2019 Corrigenda Frederic Calland Williams 26 June 1911 11 August 1977 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 25 0 1 1979 doi 10 1098 rsbm 1979 0001 Frederic Calland Williams 1911 1977 Archived from the original on 7 January 2010 Williams Frederic Kilburn Tom 1948 Electronic Digital Computers Nature 162 4117 487 doi 10 1038 162487a0 S2CID 4110351 Archived from the original on 6 April 2009 Anderson David Delve Janet 2007 Frederic Calland Williams the Manchester Baby s chief engineer IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 29 4 90 102 Williams F C Kilburn T 1949 A storage system for use with binary digital computing machines Proceedings of the IEE Part II Power Engineering 96 50 183 200 doi 10 1049 pi 2 1949 0078 Anderson D P 2009 Interview An interview with Maurice Wilkes Communications of the ACM 52 9 39 42 doi 10 1145 1562164 1562180 S2CID 31699280 Shelburne B J Burton C P 1998 Early programs on the Manchester Mark I Prototype IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 20 3 4 doi 10 1109 85 707570 Burton C 1998 The Manchester baby reborn IEE Review 44 3 113 117 doi 10 1049 ir 19980302 Williams Frederic Calland 1936 Problems of spontaneous oscillation in electrical circuits solo bodleian ox ac uk DPhil thesis University of Oxford EThOS uk bl ethos 673482 Anon 2017 Williams Prof Sir Frederic Calland Who s Who ukwhoswho com online Oxford University Press ed A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 U161019 Subscription or UK public library membership required a b c Napper Brian October 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