George F. Coulouris is a British

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and the son of actor

George Coulouris George Alexander Coulouris (1 October 1903 – 25 April 1989) was an English film and stage actor. Early life Coulouris was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, the son of Abigail (née Redfern) anNicholas Coulouris a merchant of Greek o ...

. He is an emeritus professor of Queen Mary, University of London and is currently Visiting Professor in Residence at

University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory The Department of Computer Science and Technology, formerly the Computer Laboratory, is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge. it employed 35 academic staff, 25 support staff, 35 affiliated research staff, and about 15 ...

. He is co-author of a textbook on

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. He was instrumental in the development of ICL's

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(CAFS) and he developed ''em'', the

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editor, which inspired

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to write vi.

Education

In 1960 George Coulouris graduated with an honours degree in

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from

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

Career

Colouris worked at IBM and other companies before joining the London

Institute of Computer Science The University of London Institute of Computer Science (ICS) was an Institute based in London in England. The institute was founded by the University of London to support and provide academic research, postgraduate teaching, computer services a ...

as a Research Assistant and then

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

as a lecturer in 1965. In 1971 he joined

Queen Mary College , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

as a lecturer. He became a reader in 1973 and a professor in 1978. He retired from Queen Mary in 1998, and has been a visiting professor at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

since.

Family

Prof Coulouris's name is of Greek heritage, as he is the son of actor

, whose father was a Greek immigrant to Britain married to an English woman. George Coulouris's sister was artist

Mary Louise Coulouris Mary Louise Coulouris (17 July 1939 – 20 December 2011) was an American-British artist. Early life and education Mary Louise Coulouris was born in 1939 in New York City, the daughter of actor George Coulouris, and sister of computer scientist ...

.Glenn Collins, "George Coulouris, 85, is Dead: Actor Relished Villainous Roles," ''New York Times'' (27 April 1989).
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References

External links

Home page at Cambridge
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coulouris, George Alumni of University College London Academics of Imperial College London Academics of Queen Mary University of London Academics of the University of Cambridge Living people English people of Greek descent 1937 births