Andrew Donald Booth (1918 - November 29, 2009) was a British engineer, physicist and computer scientist who led the invention of the magnetic drum memory for computers and invented Booth's multiplication algorithm.
From 1943 to 1945 Booth worked as a mathematical physicist in the X-ray team at the British Rubber Producers' Research Association (BRPRA), Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. In 1945 he moved to Birkbeck College, University of London.
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Andrew Donald Booth (1918 - November 29, 2009) was a British engineer, physicist and computer scientist who led the invention of the magnetic drum memory for computers and invented Booth's multiplication algorithm.
From 1943 to 1945 Booth worked as a mathematical physicist in the X-ray team at the British Rubber Producers' Research Association (BRPRA), Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. In 1945 he moved to Birkbeck College, University of London.
Booth grew up in London and began his academic career at Birkbeck, University of London, in 1945. There, Booth's research in crystallography led him to build some of the first electronic computers in the U.K. Booth founded Birkbeck's department of numerical automation and was recently named a fellow at the university.
Dr. Andrew Booth served as President of Lakehead University from 1972-1978.
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