{"id":7611,"date":"2023-12-04T17:37:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T17:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leo-computers.org.uk\/leopedia.org\/?p=7611"},"modified":"2023-12-04T17:40:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T17:40:48","slug":"mary-coombs-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leo-computers.org.uk\/leopedia.org\/mary-coombs-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Coombs:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>Mary Clare Coombs<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N\u00e9e\">n\u00e9e<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>Blood<\/strong>, 4 February 1929 \u2013 28 February 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary gained fame as the first women world-wide to write a business application on a computer \u2013 the LEO I installed by Lyons at Cadby Hall.&nbsp; Her fame was such that she received the accolade of full obituaries in the Guardian, The Daily Telegraph. The Times as well as the trade press and IT\/IS institutions including the BCS the Register and Wikipedia.&nbsp; A full listing of tributes to Mary as at 22nd&nbsp;March 2022 is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Obituary notices etc for Mary Coombs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; date&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Publication&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; link&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; comment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 09\/03\/2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CCH website\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.computinghistory.org.uk\/det\/70367\/Mary-Coombs\/\">http:\/\/www.computinghistory.org.uk\/\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Daily Telegraph&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/obituaries\/2022\/03\/10\/mary-coombs-first-woman-write-programs-worlds-first-business\/\">https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/obituaries\/2022\/03\/10\/mary-coombs-first-woman-write-programs-worlds-first-business\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Aeberhard. Also posted on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/Flipboard.com\/\">Flipboard.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Guardian&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/mar\/11\/mary-coombs-obituary\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/mar\/11\/mary-coombs-obituary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Georgina Ferry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Register (web)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/03\/12\/obit_mary_coombs\/\">https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/03\/12\/obit_mary_coombs\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Uploaded by Putney High School. Several comments online<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The NewsTrace (web)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewstrace.com\/the-first-female-programmer-of-a-commercial-application-worked-in-a-cake-company-and-just-died-at-93-years-old\/224277\/\">https:\/\/thenewstrace.com\/the-first-female-programmer-of-a-commercial-application-worked-in-a-cake-company-and-just-died-at-93-years-old\/224277\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thenewstrace.com\/the-first-female-programmer-of-a-commercial-application-worked-in-a-cake-company-and-just-died-at-93-years-old\/224277\/\">https:\/\/thenewstrace.com\/the-first-female-programmer-of-a-commercial-application-worked-in-a-cake-company-and-just-died-at-93-years-old\/224277\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kim Diaz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13\/02\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Retrocomputing (web)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/retrocomputingforum.com\/t\/mary-coombs-first-woman-commercial-programmer-dies-at-93\/2428\">https:\/\/retrocomputingforum.com\/t\/mary-coombs-first-woman-commercial-programmer-dies-at-93\/2428<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Link to The Register<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BCS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcs.org\/articles-opinion-and-research\/obituary-mary-coombs-worlds-first-woman-business-computer-programmer-1929-2022\/\">https:\/\/www.bcs.org\/articles-opinion-and-research\/obituary-mary-coombs-worlds-first-woman-business-computer-programmer-1929-2022\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Aeberhard Frank Land<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Elective (web)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elective.collegeboard.org\/mary-coombs-computer-science-pioneer\">https:\/\/elective.collegeboard.org\/mary-coombs-computer-science-pioneer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dante A Ciampaglia US website founded 2020 for students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Computer&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/Weekly.com\/\">Weekly.com<\/a>&nbsp;(web)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/252514561\/First-female-business-computer-programmer-dies\">https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/252514561\/First-female-business-computer-programmer-dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Aeberhard ( sent in by PB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Communications of the ACM (web)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cacm.acm.org\/news\/259299-in-memoriam-mary-coombs-1929-2022\/fulltext\">https:\/\/cacm.acm.org\/news\/259299-in-memoriam-mary-coombs-1929-2022\/fulltext<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Refers to full text in Computing &#8211; see below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Computing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.computing.co.uk\/news\/4046448\/mary-coombs-female-business-computer-programmer-dies-93\">https:\/\/www.computing.co.uk\/news\/4046448\/mary-coombs-female-business-computer-programmer-dies-93<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dev Kundaliya. Behind a membership wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 17\/03\/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Times&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/mary-coombs-obituary-gns7lzf6z\">https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/mary-coombs-obituary-gns7lzf6z<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Aeberhard with additions from the family<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18\/03\/2022&nbsp; 20\/3\/2022&nbsp; BBC Radio 4 Last &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m0015bbn\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m0015bbn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Frank Land and Georgina Ferry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Week &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No link &#8211; Neville has sent me scan of the magasine. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can&#8217;t track down web link to the article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wikipedia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Coombs\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Coombs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Updated entry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bucks Free Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucksfreepress.co.uk\/announcements\/deaths\/deaths\/20002314.Mary_Clare_COOMBS___n__e_Blood_\/\">https:\/\/www.bucksfreepress.co.uk\/announcements\/deaths\/deaths\/20002314.Mary_Clare_COOMBS___n__e_Blood_\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Death notice from family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Clare Coombs&nbsp;(n\u00e9e&nbsp;Blood, 4 February 1929 \u2013 28 February 2022). Mary gained fame as the first women world-wide to write a business application on a computer \u2013 the LEO I installed by Lyons at Cadby Hall.&nbsp; Her fame was such that she received the accolade of full obituaries in the Guardian, The Daily Telegraph. 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