David W. Barron
David W. Barron | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 January 1935 |
| Died | 2 January 2012 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Siglum | DWB |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Known for | Ionospheric Studies Programming Language Design and Implementation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Computer Science |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory University of Southampton British Computer Society |
| Doctoral students | David 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.