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David John Wheeler FRS (9 February 1927 – 13 December 2004) was a computer scientist and professor of computer science at the University of Cambridge.
David John Wheeler FRS (Birmingham, 9 de fevereiro de 1927 — Cambridge, 13 de dezembro de 2004) [2] [3] [4] [5] foi um pioneiro da computação britânico. Nascido em Birmingham , obteve uma bolsa de estudos para matemática no Trinity College (Cambridge) , graduando-se em 1948.
16 de dez. de 2004 · Professor Wheeler was one of the pioneers of Computer Science. He worked on the original EDSAC computer and wrote the first computer program ever to be stored in a computer's working memory. He pioneered the use of sub-routines and is particularly remembered for his work on data compression.
Wheeler was emeritus professor of computer science at the University of Cambridge, where he spent most of his career. He was elected a Fellow of the British Computing Society (1970) and of the Royal Society (1983), and was awarded a Pioneer Medal of the IEEE (1985).
David Wheeler. 1927 - 2004. Along with Maurice Wilkes and Stanley Gill, David Wheeler is credited with the invention in around 1951 of the subroutine and he gave the first explanation of how to design software libraries.
Professor David Wheeler was one of the pioneers of Computer Science. He worked on the original EDSAC computer and wrote the first computer program ever to be stored in a computer’s working memory. He pioneered the use of sub-routines and is particularly remembered for his work on data compression.
David J Wheeler. Born February 9, 1927; Professor of computer science, University of Cambridge; fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, who worked on the EDSAC in 1951 with Maurice Wilkes and Stanley Gill, and introduced the concept of the subroutine, invented the subroutine (or mark place and return) "jump," then called the "Wheeler jump."
