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George Felton Papers

Catalogue reference: GEF

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Reference
GEF
Title
George Felton Papers
Date
1921-2019
Description

George Felton (1921-2019) was one of the UK computer industry’s foremost software authorities. Felton read maths and physics at Cambridge University.In 1951 he joined Elliott Brothers, where he designed the programming system for the Nicholas computer. In 1954, he joined Ferranti where he was responsible for the design of the Pegasus programming system. After Ferranti’s computer division was acquired by ICT in 1963, Felton became manager of system software for the 1900 series.
The series are:
A: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
B: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
C: ELLIOTT BROTHERS
D: FERRANTI PEGASUS
E: FERRANTI MERCURY
F: FERRANTI ORION
ICT: INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS AND TABULATORS
ICL: INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER AND TABULATORS LIMITED

Note

Location: H-Block, Rack 5L, C1-2

Held by
National Museum of Computing
Creator(s)
Martin Campbell-Kelly
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6939f7c9-0717-4f5f-8cc7-ff9517d3b168/

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George Felton Papers