Sir Frederic Calland Williams (26 June 1911 Stockport – 11 August 1977 Manchester), known as 'Freddie Williams', was an English engineer.
Williams attended the University of Manchester, and received his doctorate in 1936 after studying at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Working at the Telecommunications Research Establishment he was a substantial contributor during World War II to the development of radar.
In 1946 he was appointed as head of the Electr...
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Sir Frederic Calland Williams (26 June 1911 Stockport – 11 August 1977 Manchester), known as 'Freddie Williams', was an English engineer.
Williams attended the University of Manchester, and received his doctorate in 1936 after studying at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Working at the Telecommunications Research Establishment he was a substantial contributor during World War II to the development of radar.
In 1946 he was appointed as head of the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Manchester. There, with Tom Kilburn he pioneered the first stored-program digital computer. He is particularly well known for his invention of the Williams-Kilburn tube, an early memory device, and the Manchester Mark 1 computer.
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