Subject strengths: Science, Engineering

Brian Randell was born in Cardiff (16 April 1936) and educated at Imperial College London. From 1957 until 1964 he was employed in the Atomic Power Division of the English Electric Company Ltd, Whetstone Leicester, including working on compilers for the ALGOL 60 language. From 1964 to 1969 he worked for IBM at the T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, and later in California, specialising in computer architectures, operating systems and system design methodology. In 1969 he was appointed Professor of Computing Science at Newcastle University, becoming Emeritus Professor following his retirement.

The archive relates to Professor Randell's professional and academic associations throughout his career.

Collection Name and Collection Reference Code:

Collection Name: Randell (Professor Brian) Archive

Archive Ref Code: GB186/BR

Date Range of Material

1950 - 2009

Type of Material

Academic research archive of Professor Brian Randell

Size of Collection

20 Linear Metres of shelving 

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Finding Aid 

Archival catalogue available via the Archives Hub.

An additional index to the correspondence on the history of computing is available via online listing.

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