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]

Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods in 2013
Born	(1924-03-12)12 March 1924 Birmingham, England, UK
Died	29 November 2017(2017-11-29) (aged 93)[1] London, England, UK
Alma mater	University of Birmingham
Employer(s)	Telecommunications Research Establishment, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Ferranti
Spouse(s)	Conway Berners-Lee ​ ​ (m. 1954; "her death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 2017)​
Children	Timothy Peter Helen Michael
Parent(s)	Bertie John Woods and Ida Frances Lee Burrows

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]

References

1. "Mary Lee Berners-Lee: Pioneering computer programmer whose son invented the world wide web", The Times, p. 77, 20 January 2018
2. "Scientific pioneers honoured by The University of Manchester – The University of Manchester". manchester.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
3. "I am Tim Berners-Lee. I invented the WWW 25 years ago and I am concerned and excited about its future. AMA • r/IAmA". reddit. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
4. News Bulletin from the Parish of SS Alban & Stephen (PDF), 24–25 December 2017, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2018, retrieved 18 February 2019
5. Ferry, Georgina (23 January 2018). "Mary Lee Berners-Lee obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2018.