Mary Lee Woods

Mary Lee Woods
Born(1924-03-12)12 March 1924
Died29 November 2017(2017-11-29) (aged 93)
London, England
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
Employer(s)Telecommunications Research Establishment, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Ferranti
Spouse
(m. 1954)
ChildrenSir Tim Berners-Lee (Timothy)
Peter
Helen
Mike Berners-Lee (Michael)
Parents
  • Bertie John Woods (father)
  • Ida Frances Lee Burrows (mother)

Mary Lee Berners-Lee (née Woods; 12 March 1924 – 29 November 2017) was an English mathematician and computer scientist who worked in a team that developed programs in the Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester Mark 1, Ferranti Mark 1 and Mark 1 Star computers. She was the mother of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and Mike Berners-Lee, an English researcher and writer on greenhouse gases.