Computing Machine Laboratory
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Max Newman
established the Royal Society
Computing Machine Laboratory at Manchester University, shortly after the end of World War II
, around 1946. The Laboratory was funded through a grant from the Royal Society which was approved in the summer of 1946. He recruited the engineers Frederic Calland Williams
and Thomas Kilburn where they built the world's first electronic stored-program digital computer, which came to be known as the Manchester Baby, based on Turing's ideas. Their prototype ran its first program on 21 June 1948.
Max Newman
Maxwell Herman Alexander "Max" Newman, FRS was a British mathematician and codebreaker.-Pre–World War II:Max Newman was born Maxwell Neumann in Chelsea, London, England, on 7 February 1897...
established the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
Computing Machine Laboratory at Manchester University, shortly after the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, around 1946. The Laboratory was funded through a grant from the Royal Society which was approved in the summer of 1946. He recruited the engineers Frederic Calland Williams
Frederic Calland Williams
Sir Frederic Calland Williams CBE, FRS , known as 'Freddie Williams', was an English engineer....
and Thomas Kilburn where they built the world's first electronic stored-program digital computer, which came to be known as the Manchester Baby, based on Turing's ideas. Their prototype ran its first program on 21 June 1948.