Conway Berners-Lee is a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked in the team that developed the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial stored program electronic computer. He was born in Birmingham in 1921 and is the father of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Early in World War II Berners-Lee volunteered for the armed services, but was re-directed to university because the government wanted people trai...
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Conway Berners-Lee is a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked in the team that developed the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial stored program electronic computer. He was born in Birmingham in 1921 and is the father of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Early in World War II Berners-Lee volunteered for the armed services, but was re-directed to university because the government wanted people trained in mathematics and electronics. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1940 and read parts I and II of the mathematical tripos as a compressed two-year course. In addition, he attended a series of lectures in electronics. After university he had further training in electronic engineering and soon joined the army in the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME). He worked on both Gun Laying and Searchlight Radar in England.
After the cessation of hostilities, Berners-Lee was posted to Egypt where he encountered Maurice...
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