Geoff Tootill

Geoff Tootill
Geoff Tootill
Born	4 March 1922; Chadderton, Lancashire, England
Died	26 October 2017 (aged 95)
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Known for	Manchester Baby; Ferranti Mark 1;
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of Manchester; Telecommunications Research Establishment; Royal Aircraft Establishment; European Space Research Organisation; National Physical Laboratory; Royal Military College of Science;

Geoffrey ("Geoff") Colin Tootill (4 March 1922 – 26 October 2017) was an electronic engineer and computer scientist who worked in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Manchester with Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn developing the Manchester Baby, "the world's first wholly electronic stored-program computer".

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