Maurice V. Wilkes
Wilkes helped turn stored-program computing into practical academic infrastructure. His EDSAC work, early programming book, and microprogramming proposal influenced generations of systems designers.
Maurice V. Wilkes returned to Cambridge after wartime service and led the Mathematical Laboratory. After attending the 1946 Moore School lectures, he organized construction of EDSAC, which began operation in 1949.
From programs to systems
Wilkes co-authored an early programming book, proposed microprogramming, and later worked on cache memory, time-sharing, and networked systems. His career links the earliest stored-program machines to later systems research.
In memoriam
Wilkes died in 2010. Cambridge’s computer-science department recorded the loss of a pioneer whose contributions remain central to computing history.
Timeline
- 1913-06-26Born in Dudley, England.
- 1946Attends the Moore School lectures on electronic computers.
- 1949EDSAC begins operation at Cambridge.
- 2010-11-29Dies in Cambridge, England.
Maurice V. Wilkes
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1945-2010
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 2010
- Known for
- edsac; stored-program computing; microprogramming; cambridge
- Tags
- edsac, stored-program computing, microprogramming, cambridge
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