Memorial Page for Maurice V. Wilkes
British computer scientist
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June 26th, 2026
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Maurice Wilkes (* June 26, 1913 in Dudley; † November 29, 2010 in Cambridge) was a british computer scientist. He was 97 years old. His education included St John's College, King Edward VI College, Stourbridge and University of Cambridge. He received 10 awards, including Fellow of the Royal Society, Mountbatten Medal.
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18 EventsBorn in Dudley, England
1913St John's College
1931until 1934
University of Cambridge
1935Doctor of Philosophy · until 1936
University of Cambridge
1937until 1980
Fellow of the Royal Society
1956Turing Award
1967Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
1968Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society
1973Eckert–Mauchly Award
1980Digital Equipment Corporation
1980until 1986
Faraday Medal
1981Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981until 1985
Harold Pender Award
1982Olivetti
1986until 1989
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
1992Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
Mountbatten Medal
1997IEEE John von Neumann Medal
1997Died in Cambridge, England
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Maurice V. Wilkes. Forever remembered.