John Pinkerton (computer designer)
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John Pinkerton (August 2, 1919 – December 22, 1997), pioneering computer designer.
John Pinkerton was the designer of the world's first business computer, the LEO computer, produced by J. Lyons and Co in 1951. The computer was based on the early EDSAC computer at Cambridge University.
[edit] External links
- IEE John Pinkerton Lecture, held annually at the IEE in London
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