Kathleen Booth

  • Booth was born in Stourbridge, UK, in 1922 and received her PhD in applied mathematics in 1950 from the University of London. 
  • Her pioneering work was mostly at Birkbeck College, University of London, although in later years she taught at several universities in Canada. 
  • In 1947, Booth travelled with her husband-to-be, Andrew Booth, to Princeton University, the pair collaborated briefly with John von Neumann, learning of his new architecture for computer operating systems.
  • Kathleen Booth designed separate assembly languages: ARC-2 (Automatic Relay Computer), SEC (Simple Electronic Computer), and APEC (All-purpose Electronic Computer).
Text: TheBestSchools.org. 2021. The 50 Most Influential Living Computer Scientists - TheBestSchools.org. [online] Available at: <https://thebestschools.org/features/most-influential-computer-scientists/> [Accessed 31 May 2021].  
Academic Journal: Benjamin, B. and Booth, K., 1958. Programming for an Automatic Digital Calculator. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General), 121(4), p.486.

Author: Sara Singh (2021) LJMU Student

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