Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods | |
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| Born | 12 March 1924 Hall Green, Birmingham, England |
| Died | 29 November 2017 (aged 93) London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
| Employer(s) | Telecommunications Research Establishment, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Ferranti |
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| Children | Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Timothy) Peter Helen Mike Berners-Lee (Michael) |
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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.