John Pinkerton (computer designer)

John Pinkerton
CitizenshipBritish
Scientific career
InstitutionsAir Ministry Research Establishment
Telecommunications Research Establishment
English Electric Computers
ICL

John Maurice McClean Pinkerton (2 August 1919 – 22 December 1997) was a pioneering British computer designer. Along with David Caminer, he designed England's first business computer, the LEO computer, produced by J. Lyons and Co in 1951.