John Pinkerton (1)

DOB 1919-1997

Interviewee: John M.M. Pinkerton Interviewer: John Pinkerton, self interview Date of Interview: 23.08.1988
Role in LEO: Chief Engineer
Joined LEO: 1948

1919 – 1997

Abstract: Pinkerton begins by discussing his education and wartime work in radar technology in England. He then describes his movement into the computer industry after World War II and his work on the LEO I and LEO II computers. In this context he discusses the British computer firms J. Lyons and Company, Leo Computers, English Electric Co., and International Computers Ltd.

Repository: Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Transcript: 54 pages
Copyright: Charles Babbage Institute
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