Interviewee: Peter Wharton 

  • Interviewee: Peter Wharton                                                    DOB: 1941

Interviewer: John Daines

Date of Interview: November 2nd 2016

Joined LEO: 1962

Abstract: Joined as a mathematical working on linear programming transportation applications.  Long career with LEO and its successor companies working at various locations including Hartree House and subsequently Kidsgrove.  His work involved hardware and software design as well as applications and he finished with the title of Chief Engineer.  Appointed visiting Professor at Southampton University.  Regarded his early learning of CLEO as a key step in his understanding of design in his later career.

Repository: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/53382/Peter-Wharton-Interview-2nd-November-2016-53382/

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