David Wheeler
Computer scientist and professor
David John Wheeler ForMemRS was a computer scientist and professor of computer science at the University of Cambridge. Wikipedia
Born: February 9, 1927, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Died: December 13, 2004 (age 77 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Education: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys and Trinity College
Partner: Joyce Wheeler (1957–)
Known for: inventing subroutines; Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT); Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA); Wheeler Jump; WAKE; EDSAC
Thesis: Automatic Computing With EDSAC (1951)