John Pinkerton (computer designer)

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.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Pinkerton, John Maurice McLean (1919–1997), computer engineer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". www.oxforddnb.com. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69262. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Obituary: John Pinkerton". The Independent. 14 February 1998. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2020.