Tom Kilburn and Frederic Calland Williams blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Frederic Williams (1911-1977) and Tom Kilburn (1921-2001) Creators of the first Stored-Program Computer. Graduate and Professor of Electro-technics 1946-1977. Graduate and Professor of Computer Engineering & Computer Science 1960-1981. Recorded plaque organisation: University of Manchester.

Professor Tom Kilburn CBE FRS and Sir Frederic Williams CBE FRS were pioneering computer scientists who developed the first stored-program computer, the Manchester Baby, in 1948, laying foundational work for modern computing.