Tom Kilburn
TOM KILBURN
1921 - 2001
He co-invented the world's first ever
stored-program computer. He wrote its first
program in June 1948 while travelling
from this station to Manchester University
where he became Britain's first Professor
of Computer Science from 1960 to 1981.
Born and raised in Dewsbury, he
attended the local Wheelwright
Grammar School.
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