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Strachey: the Bloomsbury Years

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Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer
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A historian’s perspective on the earlier years of Christopher Strachey’s life. The talk covers his familial connections, his early career as a school master, and his first computing projects.

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Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer
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Martin Campbell-Kelly
Keywords
History of computing
Bloomsbury group
National Research Development Corporation
Department: Department of Computer Science
Date Added: 26/06/2017
Duration: 00:34:40

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