Mary Lee Woods

Mary Lee Woods
Colour photograph of Mary Lee Woods, taken in 2013
Born(1924-03-12)12 March 1924
Died29 November 2017(2017-11-29) (aged 93)[1]
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.[2][3][4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ "Mary Lee Berners-Lee: Pioneering computer programmer whose son invented the world wide web", The Times, p. 77, 20 January 2018
  2. ^ "Scientific pioneers honoured by The University of Manchester – The University of Manchester". manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. ^ "I am Tim Berners-Lee. I invented the WWW 25 years ago and I am concerned and excited about its future. AMA • r/IAmA". reddit. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. ^ Conway and Mary Lee Berners-Lee, interviewed by Thomas Lean, 2010–2011, An Oral History of British Science, British Library Sound & Moving Image reference C1379/23 Audio and Transcript (at British Library only but brief Content summary available online).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).