Please note that further obituaries can be found
HERE within LEOPEDIA, the comprehensive collection of Leo Computers references and holdings, put together by Frank Land, FBCS.
Kit Grindley.
started as a Management Trainee in Lyons in 1956 and subsequently was a part of the LEO team of LEO I and LEO II programmers. An obituary by Frank Land is available here
Jackie Caminer, widow of David Caminer, died peacefully at home on 5th January 2017, aged 94. An obituary by her daughter, Hilary, can be read here..
Ray Hennessy. Ray started as a programmer in the Leo Bureau at Hartree House, before moving into sales and then Government sales. He died on 15th November 2016. An obituary by John Daines can be seen here..
Bob Gibson, "One of the stalwarts whose contribution played a key role in the success of LEO", died in August 2016. An obituary can be seen here..
Wallace Weaving, was the ICL Australian national sales manager in the hardware division, but he started with Leo Computers in the UK before moving to Australia in 1963.
An obituary that was printed in the ICL AllStars Magazine Issue 31 * Autumn 2013 can be read here .
Peter Wood, DP Manager of Leo I, the first commercial computer in the country, died in May 2013. He served with distinction in WW2 before joining Lyons. An obituary that appeared in the Whitgift School magazine can be seen here..
Norman Bishop, an engineer on Leo machines at Hartree House and site engineer at Fords of Dagenham, died on 20th March 2013. Jacky Bishop, his wife of many years, has kindly provided notes about Bish's life. HERE.
Ted Rowley, a business and payroll expert who helped in the transfer of Lyons payroll to Leo I, died on 12th January 2013. Some memories of his life have been passed on to us by his daughter, Sharyn
and can be read here .
John Coombs, who worked on Leo I and Leo II/1 during the early years of Leo, died in July 2012.
Ernest J. Kaye, BSc (Eng)
Ernest Kaye, who died on Saturday 21st April 2012 aged 89, was the last surviving member of the original Leo design team of 4. He joined Lyons in 1949 as assistant to John Pinkerton.
Obituary from The Daily Telegraph
Biographical note from Peter J Bird book:'LEO The First Business Computer'
Extract from the the BBC '1952 show' featuring Ernest Kaye
Wall Street Journal interview
Pictures from Leo 60th anniversary celebration
BBC Radio 5 Blog featuring Ernest Kaye
George Manley who died in 2011, was the first Leo apprentice and worked on all the Leo range before becoming Commissioning Manager for the Leo III computers. His colleague, Tony Morgan, has written this obituary.
John Aris John Aris, who started his computer career as a programmer and later a business analyst with Leo, died on 6th August 2010. He had many talents, as can be discovered in the obituaries linked here and in the Leo bibliography.
Obituary from The Guardian (by Frank Land)
Obituary by John Aeberhard
Personal tribute by Leo colleague Ray Hennessy
Sir Maurice Wilkes, DFBCS FREng FRS
Sir Maurice Wilkes died peacefully at home on the morning of 29th November 2010.
Obituary from University of Cambridge HERE which includes obituaries from The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent
Sam King, who was Works Manager at the Leo works at Minerva Road during the era of TRT, Pinkerton, Barnes, Caminer, etc, died in February 2009.
Murray Laver FBCS died on 23 November 2008 aged 93. Murray, a significant figure in Government Computing from 1957, was a strong supporter of Leo Computers. An obituary can be seen here..
David Tresman Caminer OBE, Computer Systems Pioneer, died 19 June 2008. aged 92.
He will be well remembered by all ex-Leo employees.
An obituary by Frank Land is reprinted here. There were also obituaries in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The New York Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian
Colin Tully who played an important part in the success of the LEO III range died on December 27th 2007.
A tribute based on an article "Land, F. (2008), Appreciation of Professor Colin Tully 1936- 2007" to be published in the Computer Journal, is available here in pdf form.
John Gosden
John Gosden, software pioneer, died in New York on December 18th 2003 at the age of 73. Obituary
Robert E Peel
Bob Peel was an intrinsic part of the Master Routine team with such luminaries as Adrian Rymell, Colin Tully, Nigel Dolby, Sheila Milne and I'm sure a few others whose names I have forgotten. The Intercode Translator team interacted closely with the Master programmers and I remember Bob as a thoroughly pleasant and competent member of that illustrious team. I think he worked on the Allocator/Loader routine which had to take the translator output and do something sensible with it. I remember nothing but the great professional relationship we had with him. John Forbes
Jackie Caminer, widow of David Caminer, died peacefully at home on 5th January 2017, aged 94. An obituary by her daughter, Hilary, can be read here..
Ray Hennessy. Ray started as a programmer in the Leo Bureau at Hartree House, before moving into sales and then Government sales. He died on 15th November 2016. An obituary by John Daines can be seen here..
Bob Gibson, "One of the stalwarts whose contribution played a key role in the success of LEO", died in August 2016. An obituary can be seen here..
Wallace Weaving, was the ICL Australian national sales manager in the hardware division, but he started with Leo Computers in the UK before moving to Australia in 1963.
An obituary that was printed in the ICL AllStars Magazine Issue 31 * Autumn 2013 can be read here .
Peter Wood, DP Manager of Leo I, the first commercial computer in the country, died in May 2013. He served with distinction in WW2 before joining Lyons. An obituary that appeared in the Whitgift School magazine can be seen here..
Norman Bishop, an engineer on Leo machines at Hartree House and site engineer at Fords of Dagenham, died on 20th March 2013. Jacky Bishop, his wife of many years, has kindly provided notes about Bish's life. HERE.
Ted Rowley, a business and payroll expert who helped in the transfer of Lyons payroll to Leo I, died on 12th January 2013. Some memories of his life have been passed on to us by his daughter, Sharyn
and can be read here .
John Coombs, who worked on Leo I and Leo II/1 during the early years of Leo, died in July 2012.
Ernest J. Kaye, BSc (Eng)
Ernest Kaye, who died on Saturday 21st April 2012 aged 89, was the last surviving member of the original Leo design team of 4. He joined Lyons in 1949 as assistant to John Pinkerton.
Obituary from The Daily Telegraph
Biographical note from Peter J Bird book:'LEO The First Business Computer'
Extract from the the BBC '1952 show' featuring Ernest Kaye
Wall Street Journal interview
Pictures from Leo 60th anniversary celebration
BBC Radio 5 Blog featuring Ernest Kaye
George Manley who died in 2011, was the first Leo apprentice and worked on all the Leo range before becoming Commissioning Manager for the Leo III computers. His colleague, Tony Morgan, has written this obituary.
John Aris John Aris, who started his computer career as a programmer and later a business analyst with Leo, died on 6th August 2010. He had many talents, as can be discovered in the obituaries linked here and in the Leo bibliography.
Obituary from The Guardian (by Frank Land)
Obituary by John Aeberhard
Personal tribute by Leo colleague Ray Hennessy
Sir Maurice Wilkes, DFBCS FREng FRS
Sir Maurice Wilkes died peacefully at home on the morning of 29th November 2010.
Obituary from University of Cambridge HERE which includes obituaries from The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent
Sam King, who was Works Manager at the Leo works at Minerva Road during the era of TRT, Pinkerton, Barnes, Caminer, etc, died in February 2009.
Murray Laver FBCS died on 23 November 2008 aged 93. Murray, a significant figure in Government Computing from 1957, was a strong supporter of Leo Computers. An obituary can be seen here..
David Tresman Caminer OBE, Computer Systems Pioneer, died 19 June 2008. aged 92.
He will be well remembered by all ex-Leo employees.
An obituary by Frank Land is reprinted here. There were also obituaries in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The New York Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian
Colin Tully who played an important part in the success of the LEO III range died on December 27th 2007.
A tribute based on an article "Land, F. (2008), Appreciation of Professor Colin Tully 1936- 2007" to be published in the Computer Journal, is available here in pdf form.
John Gosden
John Gosden, software pioneer, died in New York on December 18th 2003 at the age of 73. Obituary
Robert E Peel
Bob Peel was an intrinsic part of the Master Routine team with such luminaries as Adrian Rymell, Colin Tully, Nigel Dolby, Sheila Milne and I'm sure a few others whose names I have forgotten. The Intercode Translator team interacted closely with the Master programmers and I remember Bob as a thoroughly pleasant and competent member of that illustrious team. I think he worked on the Allocator/Loader routine which had to take the translator output and do something sensible with it. I remember nothing but the great professional relationship we had with him. John Forbes
