Professor John Makepeace Bennett
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(b.) -1921 July 31(d.)2010 October 09
Bio/Description
After war-time work on Radar in the Australian forces, John Bennet worked on a number of early British computers incuding EDSAC as research assitant to Maurice Wilkes. Working for Ferranti he developed the instruction set for the Ferrant Mark 1 Computer.Back in his native Australia he developed the SILLIAC Computer and later becaame foundation Professor in the Basser Department at Sysney University
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Date of Birth:
1921 July 31 -
Date of Death:
2010 October 09 -
Gender:
Male -
Noted For:
Pioneering computing in Australia -
Category of Achievement:
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