Mary Lee Woods

British mathematician and computer programmer (1924-2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mary Lee Woods

Mary Lee Woods (12 March 1924 – 29 November 2017) was an English mathematician and computer programmer. She worked in a team that developed programs in the School of Computer Science, University of Manchester Mark 1, Ferranti Mark 1 and Mark 1 Star computers.[2][3]

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Mary Lee Woods
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Mary Lee Woods in 2013
Born(1924-03-12)12 March 1924
Died29 November 2017(2017-11-29) (aged 93)[1]
London, England, UK
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
Employer(s)Telecommunications Research Establishment, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Ferranti
Spouse(s)
(m. 1954; "her death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 2017)
ChildrenTimothy
Peter
Helen
Michael
Parent(s)Bertie John Woods and Ida Frances Lee Burrows
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She met and married Conway Berners-Lee while working at Ferranti. Sir Tim Berners-Lee is one of their children.

She died on 29 November 2017 at the age of 93.[4][5]

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