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Sophie Wilson

1957 - Today

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Sophie Mary Wilson (born Roger Wilson; June 1957) is an English computer scientist, a co-designer of the instruction set for the ARM architecture. Wilson first designed a microcomputer during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge. She subsequently joined Acorn Computers and was instrumental in designing the BBC Microcomputer, including the BBC BASIC programming language. She first began designing the ARM reduced instruction set computer (RISC) in 1983, which entered production two years later. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophie Wilson is the 207th most popular computer scientist (down from 196th in 2019), the 6,306th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,913th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Sophie Wilson ranks 207 out of 245. Before her are Ilya Sutskever, Andrew Morton, Pat Hanrahan, Lex Fridman, Chieko Asakawa, and Rodney Brooks. After her are Stuart J. Russell, Daphne Koller, Bram Moolenaar, Craig Federighi, Theo de Raadt, and Hans Reiser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Sophie Wilson ranks 651. Before her are David Ige, Yuji Tsukada, Mitchell Baker, Roberto Accornero, Russell Simmons, and Lorrie Moore. After her are Geetanjali Shree, Fabio Dal Zotto, Scott J. Horowitz, Dennis Brown, Johnny Chan, and Juan Carlos Arteche.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sophie Wilson ranks 6,308 out of 8,785. Before her are Tomm Moore (1977), David Jones (1984), Steve Hewitt (1971), Maxwell Caulfield (1959), Alastair McCorquodale (1925), and Hazel Court (1926). After her are Angela Buxton (1934), Stanley Spencer (1891), Matilda Ziegler (1964), Jamie Cullum (1979), Peter Heather (1960), and Jim Crawford (1948).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United Kingdom

Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Sophie Wilson ranks 19. Before her are Demis Hassabis (1976), Kathleen Booth (1922), David Marr (1945), Richard Garriott (1961), Gary McKinnon (1966), and Andrew Morton (1959). After her are Stuart J. Russell (1962).

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