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Donald Davies
Donald Watts Davies
British computer scientist (1924-2000).
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Donald Davies
External Pages About Donald Davies
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Member Of
Royal Society
(3/19/1987 - )
Date of Death
5/28/2000
Place of Death
Esher
Princess Alice Hospice
Australia
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom
Date of Birth
6/7/1924
Instance Of
Human
Award Received
Fellow of the Royal Society
(1987)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(1983)
IEEE Internet Award
(2000)
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(2007)
Internet Hall of Fame
(2012)
Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society
(1975)
Occupation
Physicist
Computer Scientist
Mathematician
Educated At
Given Name
Family Name
Place of Birth
Manufacturer
Employer
Field of Work
Sex or Gender
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Notable Work
Imperial College London
(1939 - 1943)
Start Time
:
1939
End Time
:
1943
The Open University
Donald
Series Ordinal
:
1
Watts
Series Ordinal
:
2
Davies
Treorchy
Cybernetics
Packet Switching
National Physical Laboratory
(1947 - 1984)
Start Time
:
1947
End Time
:
1984
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
(1944 - 1947)
Start Time
:
1944
End Time
:
1947
Computer Science
Male
English
Packet Switching
Automatic Computing Engine
ARPANET
Start Time
:
3/19/1987
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Not Been Able to Confirm This Claim
Point in Time
:
1987
Point in Time
:
1983
Winner
:
Lawrence Roberts
Winner
:
Leonard Kleinrock
Winner
:
Paul Baran
Award Rationale
:
For their early, preeminent contributions in conceiving, analyzing and demonstrating packet switching networks, the foundation technology of the Internet.
Point in Time
:
2000
Point in Time
:
2007
Point in Time
:
2012
Point in Time
:
1975
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