Alan Turing

Alan Turing

male, deceased (1954) (london)
computer scientist, computer pioneer, turing machine, British computer scientist, British cryptographer at Bletchley Park, scientist…LGBT history of the United Kingdom, cause of death disputed, Order of the British Empire, Academic of the University of Manchester, University of Manchester
This short on-line biography of Alan Turing is based on the entry I wrote for the British Dictionary of National Biography in 1995. The eight parts...
John Owens

John Owens

male, deceased (1846)
From Manchester, University of Manchester, Owens College, VictoriaUniversityofManchester
John Owens (1790-1846), English merchant, was born in Manchester, England in 1790, the son of a prosperous merchant. Early in life he became a...
Osborne Reynolds

Osborne Reynolds

male, deceased (1912)
physicist, engineer, cambridge university, belfast, British, Irish…University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge, Academic of the Victoria University of Manchester, VictoriaUniversityofManchester
Osborne Reynolds (23 August, 1842-21 February, 1912) was a British fluid dynamics engineer. He was born in Belfast, Ireland and died in Watchet in...
Arthur Schuster

Arthur Schuster

male, deceased (1934)
Sir (Franz) Arthur (Friedrich) Schuster, British-Germans, Academic of the University of Manchester, Knights Bachelor, From FRANKFURT, German…University of Cambridge, University of Heidelberg, University of Manchester, Fellow of the Royal Society, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
Sir (Franz) Arthur (Friedrich) Schuster FRS (September 12 1851 - October 17 1934) was a versatile physicist known for his work in spectroscopy,...
Ben Elton

Ben Elton

male, 50 years old
Television director, director, English, University of Manchester, From fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia…Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester, VictoriaUniversityofManchester
Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May1959) is an English comedian, writer and director. Born in Catford, London, he is the son of the physicist and...
Steve Furber

Steve Furber

male, 56 years old (Manchester, United Kingdom)
BBC Micro, microprocessor, acorn, ARM architecture, Acorn Computers, British…The University of Manchester, ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, Manchester Grammar School, School of Computer Science, Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Stephen Byram "Furbie" Furber, FRS, FREng (born 1953 in Manchester, England) is the ICL Professor of Computer Engineering at the School of Computer...

Sydney Chapman

male, deceased (1970)
Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics, Adams Prize recipient, VictoriaUniversityofManchester, Academic of the University of Manchester, English, Geophysicist…University of Cambridge, university of salford, From Manchester, University of Manchester, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Sydney Chapman (January 29 1888 - June 16 1970) was a British mathematician, astronomer and geophysicist. He was born in Manchester and educated at...