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These all referenced in The LEO Computers Website. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leo-computers.org.uk\/frank-land-obe-the-leo-and-system-analysis-pioneer-has-died\/\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also BBC Radio 4 transmitted a \u201cLast Word\u201d Interview listen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m002ww15\">Here<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See On <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/lsehistory\/2025\/11\/28\/frank-land-pioneer-professor-and-leo-historian\/\">the Blogs at LSE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Land was born, along with his twin brother Ralph, in Berlin, Germany, on 24 October 1928 and died May 2026 after a short illness. Frank was productive up to last couple of weeks of his life. 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