David W. Barron

David W. Barron
Born(1935-01-09)9 January 1935
Died2 January 2012(2012-01-02) (aged 76)
NationalityBritish
SiglumDWB
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Known forIonospheric Studies
Programming Language Design and Implementation
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Computer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory
University of Southampton
British Computer Society
Doctoral studentsDavid De Roure (1990)

David William Barron FBCS (9 January 1935 – 2 January 2012) was a British academic in Physics and Computer Science who was described in the Times Higher Education magazine as one of the "founding fathers" of computer science.