Mary Lee Woods
| Mary Lee Woods | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 March 1924 Birmingham, England |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
| Employer | Telecommunications Research Establishment, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Ferranti |
| Spouse(s) | Conway Berners-Lee |
| Children |
Timothy Peter Helen Michael |
| Parent(s) | Bertie John Woods and Ida Frances Lee Burrows |
Mary Lee Woods (born 12 March 1924) is an English mathematician and computer programmer who worked in a team that developed programs in the School of Computer Science, University of Manchester Mark 1, Ferranti Mark 1 and Mark 1 Star computers. She met and married Conway Berners-Lee while working at Ferranti. Sir Tim Berners-Lee is one of their children.
She was born in Birmingham, UK in 1924.Her parents were teachers and she had a brother. Her brother served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during second world war and was killed in action. She attended Yardley Grammar School in Yardley, Birmingham where she initially developed a liking for mathematics. From 1942–44, she took a wartime compressed two-year degree course in mathematics at the University of Birmingham. She then worked for the Telecommunications Research Establishment at Malvern until 1946 when she returned to take the third year of her degree. After completing her degree she was offered a fellowship by Richard van der Riet Woolley to work at Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra, Australia from 1947 to 1951 when she joined Ferranti in Manchester as a computer programmer.
She joined Ferranti in Manchester as a computer programmer, working in a group led by John Bennett.
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