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Born September 27, 1919 • Kent • England
Died October 5, 1986 (aged 67) • Teddington • England
Awards And Honors Turing Award (1970)
Subjects Of Study numerical analysis • partial differential equation • rounding error • systems of equations • Automatic Computing Engine • FORTRAN • computer programming language
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