Pioneers

Tom Kilburn

Computer Architecture

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General Reference

Computing Atlas. "Tom Kilburn." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/tom-kilburn.

APA Style

Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Tom Kilburn. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/tom-kilburn

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-tom-kilburn,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Tom Kilburn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/tom-kilburn},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Tom Kilburn was an English mathematician and computer scientist involved over his thirty year career in the development of five computers of great historical significance. With Freddie Williams he worked on the Williams-Kilburn tube and the Manchester Baby, the world's first electronic stored-program computer, at the University of Manchester. He went on to lead development of a succession of innovative Manchester computers, including the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial computer, and the Atlas, one of the first time-sharing multiprocessing computers.

Facts

Birth Year

1921 1

Birth Date

1921-08-11 1

Death Year

2001 1

Death Date

2001-01-17 1

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Tom Kilburn

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Tom Kilburn was an English mathematician and computer scientist involved over his thirty year career in the development of five computers of great historical significance. With Freddie Williams he worked on the Williams-Kilburn tube and the Manchester Baby, the world's first electronic stored-program computer, at the University of Manchester. He went on to lead development of a succession of innovative Manchester computers, including the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial computer, and the Atlas, one of the first time-sharing multiprocessing computers.

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