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Date of Birth
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26-June-1913
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Place of Birth
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Dudley
(United Kingdom, West Midlands, Worcestershire)
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Nationality
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United Kingdom
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Also know as
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Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes, Maurice Wilkes, Sir Maurice Wilkes
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Profession
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Physicist, Computer Scientist, Professor
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Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes FRS, FREng, DFBCS was a British computer scientist credited with several important developments in computing. At the time of his death, Wilkes was an Emeritus Professor of the University of Cambridge. He received a number of distinctions: he was a knight bachelor, Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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