• Beatrice Helen Worsley (18 October 1921 – 8 May 1972) was a Canadian computer scientist, the first woman in the country to work in that profession. She...
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    square-number program run on 6 May 1949. The program was written by Beatrice Worsley, who had travelled from Canada to study the machine. The machine was...
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    Physical Laboratory Thesis Systems of Logic Based on Ordinals (1938) Doctoral advisor Alonzo Church Doctoral students Robin Gandy Beatrice Worsley Signature...
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    analyser was constructed at the University of Toronto in 1948 by Beatrice Helen Worsley, but it appears to have had little or no use. A differential analyser...
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  • Worsley (1920–2001), English ventriloquist Beatrice Worsley (1921–1972), Canadian computer scientist Benjamin Worsley (1618–1673), English physician and surveyor-general...
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  • less. They purchased it for around $30,000, a "fire sale" price, and Beatrice Worsley gave it the nickname FERUT. FERUT was extensively used in business...
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    celebratory dinner to which none of the ENIAC six were invited. In Canada, Beatrice Worsley started working at the National Research Council of Canada in 1947...
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    Frank Arthur Worsley DSO* OBE RD (22 February 1872 – 1 February 1943) was a New Zealand sailor and explorer who served on Ernest Shackleton's Imperial...
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    built three houses on the northern side of Lowther near Bedford Road. Beatrice Worsley, who received the first PhD in what would now be called computer science...
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    Katharine, Duchess of Kent (born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley; 22 February 1933) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward...
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