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John Gosden, computer programmer, was born on March 9, 1930. He died on December 18, 2003, aged 73. John Gosden had a long and distinguished career in computer technology and applications, in the United States and Great Britain. After studying mathematics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1953 he joined the J. Lyons organisation as a trainee programmer. Its small Lyons Electronic Office (LEO) team was engaged on the final trials of the payroll programme for the Cadby Hall bakeries. The LEO system was then equipped with only the most rudimentary systems software, which gave the programmers little assistance. The group of experts were the first to harness emerging computer technology to practical business management, and LEO became known as the world\u2019s first office computer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/lives-in-brief-3hlnmnxmvj9\">https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/lives-in-brief-3hlnmnxmvj9<\/a>\u00a0 Resurrection, Issue 33. 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