Andrew Donald Booth

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. ... more

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