Maurice Vincent Wilkes 1980 (3, cropped)

Below is a list of presidents of the British Computer Society from the inception of the BCS in 1957 onwards, with years of office. * 1957–1960 Prof. Sir

Maurice V. Wilkes Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010) was a British computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers, and who in ...

FRS FREng * * 1960–1961 Frank Yates CBE FRS * * 1961–1962 Dudley Hooper * * 1962–1963 Sid Michaelson * * 1963–1965 Sir

Edward Playfair Sir Edward Wilder Playfair KCB (17 May 1909 – 21 March 1999) was an English civil servant and businessman.Noel AnnanObituary: Sir Edward Playfair ''The Independent'', 25 March 1999.Robert ArmstrongPlayfair, Sir Edward Wilder (1909–1999) ''O ...

KCB * * 1965–1966 Sir

Maurice Banks Sir Maurice Alfred Lister Banks (11 August 1901 – 11 August 1991) was a British businessman. Educated at Westminster School in London, Banks was a Director of Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd during 1962/3–1963, which became BP Exploration (Associated Hol ...

* * 1966–1967

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of German ...

* * 1967–1968

Stanley Gill Professor Stanley J. Gill (26 March 1926 – 1975) was a British computer scientist credited, along with Maurice Wilkes and David Wheeler, with the invention of the first computer subroutine. Early life, education and career Stanley Gill was bor ...

* * 1968–1969

Basil de Ferranti Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti (2 July 1930 – 24 September 1988) was a British businessman and a Conservative Party politician. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was the grandson of the electrical engineer a ...

* * 1969–1970

John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury FRS (4 June 1908 – 14 January 2000), was a British crossbencher peer and scientist. Halsbury succeeded to the title in 1943. Early life Giffard was educated at Ludgrove School (where a s ...

* * 1970–1971 Alexander D'Agapeyeff OBE * * 1971–1972

Sandy Douglas Alexander Shafto "Sandy" Douglas CBE (21 May 1921 – 29 April 2010) was a British professor of computer science, credited with creating the first graphical computer game OXO, a Noughts and Crosses computer game in 1952 on the EDSAC computer ...

CBE * * 1972–1973 Graham Morris * 1973–1974 Ray Barrington * 1974–1975

Ewart Willey Ewart is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Ewart Adamson (1882–1945), Scottish screenwriter * Ewart Astill (1888–1948), English Test cricketer * Ewart Brown (born 1946), Premier of Bermuda * Ew ...

* 1975–1976 Cecil Marks * * 1976–1977

Gerry Fisher Gerry Fisher, B.S.C. (23 June 1926 – 2 December 2014) was an English cinematographer. Biography He was born in London in 1926. Early employment by Kodak and De Havilland Aircraft was followed by service in the Royal Navy during WW II. Fish ...

* 1977–1978 Paul Samet * 1978–1979 Frank Sumner * 1979–1980

Julian Bogod Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (gi ...

* 1980–1981 Frank Hooper * 1981–1982 Peter Hall OBE * * 1982–1983 Prince Edward, HRH Duke of Kent * 1983–1984

David Firnberg David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

* 1984–1985

Ewan Page Ewan Stafford Page (born 17 August 1928) is a British academic and computer scientist, and former vice-chancellor of the University of Reading. Ewan Page was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester and at Christ's College, Cam ...

* 1985–1986 Robert McLaughlin * 1986–1987 Sir

John Fairclough Sir John Whitaker Fairclough (23 August 1930 – 5 June 2003) was a British computer engineering, computer designer, and later government policy advisor. Education John Fairclough was educated at Thirsk Grammar School and than studied e ...

* * 1987–1988

Ernest Morris Ernest Morris (1913–1987) was an English film director. Selected filmography * ''Three Crooked Men'' (1958) * ''Night Train for Inverness'' (1960) * ''The Court Martial of Major Keller'' (1961) * ''Three Spare Wives'' (1962) * ''What Every Wo ...

TD * 1988–1989

Brian Oakley Brian Wynne Oakley, (10 October 1927 – 17 August 2012) was a British civil servant and industrialist who took a leading role in the area of information technology, especially the 1980s Alvey Programme. Career Military service and educatio ...

CBE * * 1989–1990 Dame

Stephanie Shirley Dame Vera Stephanie "Steve" Shirley (previously Brook, née Buchthal; born 16 September 1933) is an information technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist (naturalised British in 1951). Early life Shirley was born as Vera Buch ...

* 1990–1991 Alan Roussel * 1991–1992 Stephen Matheson CB * 1992–1993 Roger Johnson * 1993–1994

John Leighfield John Percival Leighfield (born 1938) is a British IT industry businessman and was previously chairman of RM plc from 1993 until 2011. Currently John Leighfield is a Director of Getmapping, a UK supplier of aerial photography, mapping product ...

CBE * 1994–1995 David Mann * 1995–1996 Geoff Robinson CBE FREng * 1996–1997 Ron McQuaker * * 1997–1998 Sir Brian Jenkins GBE * 1998–1999 Ian Ritchie CBE FRSE FREng * 1999–2000 David Hartley * 2000–2001 Alastair Macdonald CB * 2001–2002 Geoff McMullen * 2002–2003 John Ivinson * * 2003–2004 Prof. Dame

Wendy Hall Dame Wendy Hall (born 25 October 1952) is a British computer scientist. She is Regius Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Early life and education Wendy Hall was born in west London and educated at Ealing Grammar ...

* 2004–2005 David Morriss * 2005–2006 Charles E. Hughes * 2006–2007 Prof. Sir

Nigel Shadbolt Sir Nigel Richard Shadbolt (born 9 April 1956) is Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. He is Chairman of the Open Data Institute which he co-founded ...

* 2007–2008 Rachel Burnett * 2008–2009 Alan Pollard * 2009–2011 Elizabeth Sparrow * 2011–2012 Prof. Jim Norton * 2012–2013 Bob Harvey * 2013–2014 Roger Marshall * 2014–2015 Prof. Liz Bacon * 2015–2016 Jos Creese * 2016–2017

Ray Long William Ray Long, (March 23, 1878 – July 9, 1935) was an American newspaper, magazine, film, writer, and editor who is notable for being the editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine between 1919 and 1931. He is said to have had "a colorfu ...

* 2017–2018 Paul Martynenko * 2018–2019

Chris Rees Edward Christopher Rees (5 January 1931 – 1 December 2001), known as Chris Rees, was a Welsh nationalist politician. Rees grew up in Swansea and joined Plaid Cymru at an early age. In 1951, he refused to do National Service, on the grounds t ...

* 2019–2020 Michael Grant * 2020–2021 Rebecca George OBE * 2021–2022

John Higgins John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 career ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (39) and Stephen Hendry ( ...

CBE * Starred entries above are deceased.

References

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