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Kathleen Booth

British computer scientist (1922-2022) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 100

Kathleen Hylda Valerie Booth was a British computer scientist and mathematician who co-wrote the first assembly language and co-designed the assembler and autocode for the first computer systems at Birkbeck College, University of London. She helped design three different machines including the ARC, SEC, and APE(X)C.

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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2022 · aged 100