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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Brian Randell</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1936 (age 87–88)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data category">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ALGOL_60" title="ALGOL 60">ALGOL 60</a>, software <a href="/wiki/Fault_tolerance" title="Fault tolerance">fault tolerance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dependability" title="Dependability">dependability</a>, early pre-1950 <a 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Campbell">Roy H. Campbell</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brian Randell</b> <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Science" title="Doctor of Science">DSc</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Computer_Society" title="British Computer Society">FBCS</a> <a href="/wiki/Learned_Society_of_Wales" title="Learned Society of Wales">FLSW</a> (born 1936) is a British <a href="/wiki/Computer_scientist" title="Computer scientist">computer scientist</a>, and emeritus professor at the School of Computing, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_University" title="Newcastle University">Newcastle University</a>, United Kingdom. He specialises in research into software <a href="/wiki/Fault_tolerance" title="Fault tolerance">fault tolerance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dependability" title="Dependability">dependability</a>, and is a noted authority on the early pre-1950 <a href="/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware" title="History of computing hardware">history of computing hardware</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Randell was employed at <a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a> from 1957 to 1964 where he was working on <a href="/wiki/Compiler" title="Compiler">compilers</a>. His work on <a href="/wiki/ALGOL_60" title="ALGOL 60">ALGOL 60</a> is particularly well known, including the development of the Whetstone compiler for the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_KDF9" title="English Electric KDF9">English Electric KDF9</a>, an early stack machine.<sup id="cite_ref-SIG07_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIG07-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, he joined <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>, where he worked at the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson_Research_Center" title="Thomas J. Watson Research Center">Thomas J. Watson Research Center</a> on high performance <a href="/wiki/Computer_architecture" title="Computer architecture">computer architectures</a> and also on <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> design methodology. In May 1969, he became a professor of computing science at the then named University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he has worked since then in the area of software <a href="/wiki/Fault_tolerance" title="Fault tolerance">fault tolerance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dependability" title="Dependability">dependability</a>. </p><p>He is a member of the Special Interest Group on Computers, Information and Society (SIGCIS) of the Society for the History of Technology CIS, and a founding member of the Editorial Board of the <a href="/wiki/IEEE_Annals_of_the_History_of_Computing" title="IEEE Annals of the History of Computing">IEEE Annals of the History of Computing</a> journal. He is a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Computing_Machinery" title="Association for Computing Machinery">Association for Computing Machinery</a> (2008). He was elected a <a href="/wiki/Learned_Society_of_Wales" title="Learned Society of Wales">Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales</a> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was, until 1969, a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_for_Information_Processing" title="International Federation for Information Processing">International Federation for Information Processing</a> (IFIP) <a href="/wiki/IFIP_Working_Group_2.1" title="IFIP Working Group 2.1">IFIP Working Group 2.1</a> (WG2.1) on Algorithmic Languages and Calculi,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which <a href="/wiki/Specification_(technical_standard)" title="Specification (technical standard)">specified</a>, maintains, and supports the <a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming languages</a> <a href="/wiki/ALGOL_60" title="ALGOL 60">ALGOL 60</a> and <a href="/wiki/ALGOL_68" title="ALGOL 68">ALGOL 68</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also a founding member of IFIP WG2.3 on Programming Methodology, and of IFIP WG10.4 on Dependability and Fault Tolerance. </p><p>He is married (to Liz, a teacher of French) and has four children.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work">Work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brian Randell's main research interests are in the field of computer science, specifically on system dependability and fault tolerance. His interest in the history of computing was started by coming across the then almost unknown work of <a href="/wiki/Percy_Ludgate" title="Percy Ludgate">Percy Ludgate</a>. This was over thirty years ago, when he was preparing an inaugural lecture, and led to his producing the book: "The Origins of Computers". This triggered his further investigation of the Colossus wartime code-breaking machines.<sup id="cite_ref-SIG07_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIG07-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bletchley_Park">Bletchley Park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bletchley Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, Randell wrote to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ted_Heath" class="mw-redirect" title="Ted Heath">Ted Heath</a> regarding the wartime status of <a href="/wiki/Bletchley_Park" title="Bletchley Park">Bletchley Park</a>, and obtained the first-ever admission of the existence of the wartime organisation, let alone its impact.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, the role of Bletchley Park and its main outstation at Eastcote, in reducing the length of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, has been widely acknowledged, as is the pioneering role of the <a href="/wiki/Colossus_computer" title="Colossus computer">Colossus computer</a> in the history of the development of computing. </p><p>Randell was researching the history of computer science in Britain for a conference on the history of computing held at the <a href="/wiki/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory" title="Los Alamos National Laboratory">Los Alamos National Laboratory</a>, New Mexico on 10–15 June 1976, and got permission to present a paper on wartime development of the COLOSSI at the <a href="/wiki/Post_Office_Research_Station" title="Post Office Research Station">Post Office Research Station</a>, Dollis Hill (in October 1975 the British Government released a series of captioned photographs from the Public Record Office). The interest in the "revelations" in his paper resulted in a special evening meeting when Randell and <a href="/wiki/Allen_Coombs" title="Allen Coombs">Allen Coombs</a> answered further questions. In 1977, Randell published an article <i>The First Electronic Computer</i> in several journals. <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Software_engineering">Software engineering</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Software engineering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1960s, Randell was "involved in the original <a href="/wiki/NATO_Software_Engineering_Conferences" title="NATO Software Engineering Conferences">NATO Software Engineering Conferences</a>" in 1968 on Software engineering. At the time he was working at IBM in the secret Project Y<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What's this? (And, yes, I realise the preceding word is 'secret'...) (October 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and then ACS<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What's this? Might it be "ACS-1" which already has an article? If so then simply create a wikilink. (October 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> super-computer projects. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Software_fault_tolerance">Software fault tolerance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Software fault tolerance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting in the 1970s, Randell "set up the project that initiated research into the possibility of software <a href="/wiki/Fault_tolerance" title="Fault tolerance">fault tolerance</a>, and introduced the <i>recovery block</i> concept. Subsequent major developments included the <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Connection" title="Newcastle Connection">Newcastle Connection</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Newcastle_1982_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newcastle_1982-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Callaghan_2000_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Callaghan_2000-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the prototype distributed Secure System".<sup id="cite_ref-Ran08_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ran08-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Informatics_Applications_Agency">Northern Informatics Applications Agency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Northern Informatics Applications Agency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1990s, Randell "became involved in a project to improve <a href="/wiki/Data_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Data network">data networking</a> provisions in the North of England, and to promote their effective use by all sectors of the community. This project resulted in the setting up of NiAA, the Northern Informatics Applications Agency". He wrote: "I served for several years as a member of NiAA's Management Group, until my attempts to delegate this to others bore fruit! NiAA existed, and worked to good effect, for seven years."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Genealogy">Genealogy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Genealogy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Randell has for many years been one of the leading members of the team of volunteers responsible for <a href="/wiki/GENUKI" title="GENUKI">GENUKI</a>, the web portal for <a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">Genealogy</a> in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He maintains the pages relating to the county of <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a>, and has transcribed and made available online many documents of genealogical interest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <i>The First Electronic Computer</i> by B. Randell in the <i>New Scientist</i>, 10 February 1977 & <i>IBM UK News,</i> 4 March 1967 </span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Analytical_engine" title="Analytical engine">Analytical engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ALGOL" title="ALGOL">ALGOL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ALGOL_68" title="ALGOL 68">ALGOL 68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colossus_computer" title="Colossus computer">Colossus computer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dependability" title="Dependability">Dependability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fault-tolerant_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Fault-tolerant system">Fault-tolerant system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_L._Bauer" title="Friedrich L. Bauer">Friedrich L. Bauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Programme_for_IT" class="mw-redirect" title="National Programme for IT">National Programme for IT</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Randell published several articles and books. A selection:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRandellRussell1964" class="citation book cs1">Randell, Brian; Russell, L. J. (1964). <i>Algol 60 Implementation</i>. London: Academic Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Algol+60+Implementation&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Academic+Press&rft.date=1964&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft.au=Russell%2C+L.+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandell1973" class="citation book cs1">Randell, Brian, ed. (1973). <i>The Origins of Digital Computers: Selected Papers</i>. Springer-Verlag.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Origins+of+Digital+Computers%3A+Selected+Papers&rft.pub=Springer-Verlag&rft.date=1973&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p>Articles </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandell1971" class="citation journal cs1">Randell, Brian (1971). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fcomjnl%2F14.3.317">"Ludgate's Analytical Machine of 1909"</a>. <i>Computer Journal</i>. <b>14</b> (3): 317–326. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fcomjnl%2F14.3.317">10.1093/comjnl/14.3.317</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Computer+Journal&rft.atitle=Ludgate%27s+Analytical+Machine+of+1909&rft.volume=14&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=317-326&rft.date=1971&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fcomjnl%2F14.3.317&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1093%252Fcomjnl%252F14.3.317&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandell1972" class="citation journal cs1">Randell, Brian (1972). Meltzer, B.; Michie, D. (eds.). "On Alan Turing and the Origins of Digital Computers". <i>Machine Intelligence</i>. <b>7</b>. Edinburgh University Press: 3–20.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Machine+Intelligence&rft.atitle=On+Alan+Turing+and+the+Origins+of+Digital+Computers&rft.volume=7&rft.pages=3-20&rft.date=1972&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandell1979" class="citation journal cs1">Randell, Brian (1979). "Software Engineering in 1968". <i>Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software Engineering</i>. Munich: 1–10.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Proceedings+of+the+4th+International+Conference+on+Software+Engineering&rft.atitle=Software+Engineering+in+1968&rft.pages=1-10&rft.date=1979&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandell1982" class="citation journal cs1">Randell, Brian (1982). "From Analytical Engine to Electronic Digital Computer: The Contributions of Ludgate, Torres and Bush". <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>. <b>4</b> (4): 327–341, October. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1109%2FMAHC.1982.10042">10.1109/MAHC.1982.10042</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:1737953">1737953</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Annals+of+the+History+of+Computing&rft.atitle=From+Analytical+Engine+to+Electronic+Digital+Computer%3A+The+Contributions+of+Ludgate%2C+Torres+and+Bush&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=327-341%2C+October&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1109%2FMAHC.1982.10042&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A1737953%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandell1998" class="citation journal cs1">Randell, Brian (1998). "Memories of the NATO Software Engineering Conferences". <i>IEEE Annals of the History of Computing</i>. <b>20</b> (1): 51–54.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=IEEE+Annals+of+the+History+of+Computing&rft.atitle=Memories+of+the+NATO+Software+Engineering+Conferences&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=51-54&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Randell&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-SIG07-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SIG07_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SIG07_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081014214114/http://www.sigcis.org/?q=profile">"SIGCIS profiles"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=School+of+Computing&rft.atitle=Informal+Pages&rft.date=2020-09-03&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk%2Fbrian.randell%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandelltnmoc2013" class="citation audio-visual cs1">Randell, Brian; tnmoc (11 March 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl6pK1Z7B5Q"><i>Uncovering Colussus</i></a>. <i>YouTube</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Yl6pK1Z7B5Q">Archived</a> from the original on 12 December 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Uncovering+Colussus&rft.date=2013-03-11&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft.au=tnmoc&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYl6pK1Z7B5Q&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrian_RandellRichard_Solomonengineeringhistory2014" class="citation web cs1">Brian Randell; Richard Solomon; engineeringhistory (4 February 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HFyrJq3e1E">"The Computer Pioneers: Interview footage"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/9HFyrJq3e1E">Archived</a> from the original on 12 December 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YouTube&rft.atitle=The+Computer+Pioneers%3A+Interview+footage&rft.date=2014-02-04&rft.au=Brian+Randell&rft.au=Richard+Solomon&rft.au=engineeringhistory&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9HFyrJq3e1E&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandellSolomonWoodgerengineeringhistory2014" class="citation audio-visual cs1">Randell, Brian; Solomon, Richard; Woodger, Michael; engineeringhistory (4 February 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxC_ziacMKs"><i>The Computer Pioneers: Interview footage</i></a>. <i>YouTube</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/TxC_ziacMKs">Archived</a> from the original on 12 December 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Computer+Pioneers%3A+Interview+footage&rft.date=2014-02-04&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft.au=Solomon%2C+Richard&rft.au=Woodger%2C+Michael&rft.au=engineeringhistory&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTxC_ziacMKs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">COLOSSUS and the History of Computing: Dollis Hill's Important Contribution<i> by A.W.M. Coombs in The Post Office Electrical Engineers' Journal (POEEJ; Volume70, 1977/78 part 2, July 1977, pages 108-110)</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Newcastle_1982-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Newcastle_1982_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrownbridgeMarshallRandell1982" class="citation journal cs1">Brownbridge, David R.; Marshall, Lindsay F.; Randell, Brian (1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160816184205/http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/research/pubs/articles/papers/399.pdf">"The Newcastle Connection"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Software: Practice and Experience</i>. <b>12</b>: 1147–1162. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fspe.4380121206">10.1002/spe.4380121206</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:1840438">1840438</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/articles/papers/399.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 16 August 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Software%3A+Practice+and+Experience&rft.atitle=The+Newcastle+Connection&rft.volume=12&rft.pages=1147-1162&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1002%2Fspe.4380121206&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A1840438%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Brownbridge&rft.aufirst=David+R.&rft.au=Marshall%2C+Lindsay+F.&rft.au=Randell%2C+Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cs.ncl.ac.uk%2Fpublications%2Farticles%2Fpapers%2F399.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Callaghan_2000-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Callaghan_2000_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCallaghan2000" class="citation book cs1">Callaghan, Brent (2000). <i>NFS Illustrated</i>. <a href="/wiki/Addison_Wesley" class="mw-redirect" title="Addison Wesley">Addison Wesley</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-201-32570-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-201-32570-5"><bdi>0-201-32570-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=NFS+Illustrated&rft.pub=Addison+Wesley&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-201-32570-5&rft.aulast=Callaghan&rft.aufirst=Brent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ran08-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ran08_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell">Brian Randell</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100330154731/http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell">Archived</a> 30 March 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at School of Computing Science. Last updated March 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandell2003" class="citation web cs1">Randell, Brian (11 April 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/brian.randell/NiAA/">"Northern Informatics Applications Agency"</a>. <i>School of Computing</i>. University of Newcastle<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 August</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=School+of+Computing&rft.atitle=Northern+Informatics+Applications+Agency&rft.date=2003-04-11&rft.aulast=Randell&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk%2Fbrian.randell%2FNiAA%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Randell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/brian.randell#tab_publications">Brian Randell</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160706120508/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/brian.randell#tab_publications">Archived</a> 6 July 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback 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href="/wiki/Professional_association" title="Professional association">Professional<br />associations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ALCOR" title="ALCOR">ALCOR</a> Group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_for_Computing_Machinery" title="Association for Computing Machinery">Association for Computing Machinery</a> (ACM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BSI_Group" title="BSI Group">BSI Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOST" title="GOST">Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification</a> (EASC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_for_Information_Processing" title="International Federation for Information Processing">International Federation for Information Processing</a> (IFIP) <a href="/wiki/IFIP_Working_Group_2.1" title="IFIP Working Group 2.1">IFIP Working Group 2.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gesellschaft_f%C3%BCr_Angewandte_Mathematik_und_Mechanik" title="Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik">Society of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics</a> (GAMM)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Business</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burroughs_Corporation" title="Burroughs Corporation">Burroughs Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Brothers_(computer_company)" title="Elliott Brothers (computer company)">Elliott Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regnecentralen" title="Regnecentralen">Regnecentralen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University" title="Case Western Reserve University">Case Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">Manchester University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Radar_Establishment" title="Royal Radar Establishment">Royal Radar Establishment</a> (RRE)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ALGOL_58" title="ALGOL 58">ALGOL 58</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Backus" title="John Backus">John Backus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_L._Bauer" title="Friedrich L. Bauer">Friedrich L. Bauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Bottenbruch" title="Hermann Bottenbruch">Hermann Bottenbruch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Katz" title="Charles Katz">Charles Katz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Perlis" title="Alan Perlis">Alan Perlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Rutishauser" title="Heinz Rutishauser">Heinz Rutishauser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Samelson" title="Klaus Samelson">Klaus Samelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Wegstein" title="Joseph Henry Wegstein">Joseph Henry Wegstein</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MAD_(programming_language)" title="MAD (programming language)">MAD</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Arden" title="Bruce Arden">Bruce Arden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Galler" title="Bernard Galler">Bernard Galler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Graham_(computer_scientist)" title="Robert M. Graham (computer scientist)">Robert M. Graham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ALGOL_60" title="ALGOL 60">ALGOL 60</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Backus^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Carl_Backhouse" title="Roland Carl Backhouse">Roland Carl Backhouse</a></li> <li>Bauer^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bird_(computer_scientist)" title="Richard Bird (computer scientist)">Richard Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_R._Bourne" title="Stephen R. Bourne">Stephen R. Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra" title="Edsger W. Dijkstra">Edsger W. Dijkstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrey_Ershov" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrey Ershov">Andrey Ershov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Floyd" title="Robert W. Floyd">Robert W. Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Gibbons" title="Jeremy Gibbons">Jeremy Gibbons</a></li> <li>Julien Green</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gries" title="David Gries">David Gries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Hehner" title="Eric Hehner">Eric Hehner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hoare" title="Tony Hoare">Tony Hoare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8rn_Jensen" title="Jørn Jensen">Jørn Jensen</a></li> <li>Katz^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Landin" title="Peter Landin">Peter Landin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Maibaum" title="Tom Maibaum">Tom Maibaum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_McBride" title="Conor McBride">Conor McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)" title="John McCarthy (computer scientist)">John McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_Morgan_(computer_scientist)" title="Carroll Morgan (computer scientist)">Carroll Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Naur" title="Peter Naur">Peter Naur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Nivat" title="Maurice Nivat">Maurice Nivat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._L._Peck" title="John E. L. Peck">John E. L. Peck</a></li> <li>Perlis^</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brian Randell</a></li> <li>Rutishauser^</li> <li>Samelson^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_T._Schwartz" title="Jacob T. Schwartz">Jacob T. Schwartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micha_Sharir" title="Micha Sharir">Micha Sharir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Turner_(computer_scientist)" title="David Turner (computer scientist)">David Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Vauquois" title="Bernard Vauquois">Bernard Vauquois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiiti_Wada" title="Eiiti Wada">Eiiti Wada</a></li> <li>Wegstein^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriaan_van_Wijngaarden" title="Adriaan van Wijngaarden">Adriaan van Wijngaarden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Woodger" title="Mike Woodger">Mike Woodger</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Simula" title="Simula">Simula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ole-Johan_Dahl" title="Ole-Johan Dahl">Ole-Johan Dahl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristen_Nygaard" title="Kristen Nygaard">Kristen Nygaard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ALGOL_68" title="ALGOL 68">ALGOL 68</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Bauer^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_G._Bond" title="Susan G. Bond">Susan G. Bond</a></li> <li>Bourne^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dewar" title="Robert Dewar">Robert Dewar</a></li> <li>Dijkstra^</li> <li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Goos" class="extiw" title="de:Gerhard Goos">Gerhard Goos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Guy" title="Michael Guy">Michael Guy</a></li> <li>Hoare^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelis_H._A._Koster" title="Cornelis H. A. Koster">Cornelis H. A. Koster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Landin" title="Peter Landin">Peter Landin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Lindsey" title="Charles H. Lindsey">Charles H. Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_J._Mailloux" title="Barry J. Mailloux">Barry J. Mailloux</a></li> <li>McCarthy^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambert_Meertens" title="Lambert Meertens">Lambert Meertens</a></li> <li>Naur^</li> <li>Peck^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willem_van_der_Poel" title="Willem van der Poel">Willem van der Poel</a></li> <li>Randell^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_T._Ross" title="Douglas T. Ross">Douglas T. Ross</a></li> <li>Samelson^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Sintzoff" title="Michel Sintzoff">Michel Sintzoff</a></li> <li>van Wijngaarden^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth" title="Niklaus Wirth">Niklaus Wirth</a></li> <li>Woodger^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Woodward" title="Philip Woodward">Philip Woodward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobuo_Yoneda" title="Nobuo Yoneda">Nobuo Yoneda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Abelson" title="Hal Abelson">Hal Abelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barnes_(computer_scientist)" title="John Barnes (computer scientist)">John Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Brooker" title="Tony Brooker">Tony Brooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Morrison" title="Ron Morrison">Ron Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Hearn" title="Peter O'Hearn">Peter O'Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Reynolds" title="John C. Reynolds">John C. 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