Frederic C. Williams

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academic computer pioneer electrical engineer human inventor

Frederic C. Williams was a British engineer and computer pioneer best known for co-inventing the Williams-Kilburn tube, an early form of computer memory used in some of the first stored-program computers.

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Frederic C. Williams canonical 3

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computer pioneer ⓘ
electrical engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
coInventedWith Tom Kilburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo Manchester Baby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manchester Mark I NERFINISHED ⓘ
stored-program computer development ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
designedForUseIn early stored-program computers ⓘ
developed Williams–Kilburn tube NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt University of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
employer Telecommunications Research Establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Williams ⓘ
fieldOfWork computer engineering ⓘ
computer memory ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ
fullName Frederic Calland Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Frederic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPartInvention electrostatic storage tube ⓘ
influenced design of early British computers ⓘ
development of random-access memory ⓘ
knownFor Manchester Baby computer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Williams–Kilburn tube NERFINISHED ⓘ
early computer memory ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy pioneering work in practical computer memory devices ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableAchievement helped build one of the first stored-program computers ⓘ
notableStudentOrCollaborator Tom Kilburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Manchester ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedOn cathode-ray tube memory ⓘ
radar technology ⓘ

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Ferranti Mark I computer → notablePersonAssociated → Frederic C. Williams ⓘ
subject surface form: Ferranti Mark I
Moore School Lectures on computing → hasNotableAttendee → Frederic C. Williams ⓘ
Williams tube → developedBy → Frederic C. Williams ⓘ