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Allen, Murray William (1927 - )

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Computer scientist

Born: 9 May 1927

Murray William Allen designed and built a Bendix D-12 vacuum tube, a version of which was used in the first Australian fully solid state computer. He was a Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1949 - 1950 Engineer at AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)
1951 - 1958 Engineer at the Mathematical Instruments Section of the Research Computer Design section of CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1959 - 1964 Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University of Adelaide
1964 - Professor of Computer Science at the University of New South Wales
1964 Senior Research Scientist at the Control Data Corporation, USA

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See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003331. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 24 May 2006

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