Raymond Thompson was a senior manager at J. Lyons and Co. who, together with colleague Oliver Standingford, was sent to the United States in 1947 to investigate new business methods developed there during the war. Their fact-finding trip, redirected on the advice of an ENIAC developer to visit researchers at Cambridge University, led to Lyons commissioning the LEO computer, and Thompson went on to oversee its construction alongside Standingford and David Caminer. LEO ran its first business application in 1951, making it the first computer used for commercial business processing.
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AwardMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, nationality there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: New Zealand, nationality there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, nationality there.
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1. Wikidata: Raymond Thompson
- Wikidata Q302573, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
- Wikidata Q302573 P569 (date of birth)
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