Ferry | Georgina | b 1955 | science author, broadcaster
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Carol Bateman, 10 Jul-27 Jul 2018
Comprises: (item 1) born digital audio of track 1 of interview with Carol Bateman, former training and information manager for Oxford Computing Service, programmer and lecturer in Computing, conducted 10 Jul 2018. Topics include:
(00:01:06) family, early life and school education
(00:02:26) gender split in Physics and Maths A Level
(00:02:54) Glasgow…
Shelfmark: MS. 15797 digital 4
Extents: 3 items
Dates:
10 Jul-27 Jul 2018
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Jana Colchester, 15 Jun 2018-16 Jul 2018
Comprises: (item 1) born digital audio of track 1 of interview with Jana Colchester, former programming teacher at Marconi. Interview conducted by Georgina Ferry, 15 Jun 2018. Running time 1:00:16, topics include:
(00:00:15) early computing influences, Brighton Technical College in 1958, family life
(00:04:10) studying Maths at Imperial College London, gender split across…
Shelfmark: MS. 15797 digital 6
Extents: 3 items
Dates:
15 Jun 2018-16 Jul 2018
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Julia Dain, 17-25 May 2018
Comprises: (item 1) born digital audio of interview with Julia Dain, former research assistant for the Programming Research Group (PRG). Interview conducted by Georgina Ferry, 17 May 2018. Running time 1:00:16, topics include:
(00:00:17) school education and family
(00:02:50) first encounter reading about electronic computers, 1963-4
(00:04:24) pre-university…
Shelfmark: MS. 15797 digital 7
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
17-25 May 2018
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Leonor Barroca, 22 Jun 2018-13 Jul 2018
Comprises: (item 1) born digital audio of interview with Leonor Barroca, senior lecturer in Computing at the Open University, conducted by Georgina Ferry, 22 Jun 2018. Running time of the track is 00:46:56. Topics include:
(00:00:10) childhood, early interest in Maths
(00:03:15) studying Engineering at Universidade do Minho, Portugal from 1973, partaking in meetings and…
Shelfmark: MS. 15797 digital 3
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
22 Jun 2018-13 Jul 2018
Collection
Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History Project
Oral history interviews with 10 women involved in the research, teaching and service provision of computing at the University of Oxford, between the 1950s and 1990s.
Extents: 12 shelfmarks (12 digital shelfmarks; 25 digital items)
Dates:
16 May 2018-17 Oct 2018
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Shirley Carter, 22 May-25 May 2018
Comprises: (item 1) born digital audio of interview with Shirley Carter, a founder of the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), conducted by Georgina Ferry, 22 May 2018. Running time 00:51:08. Topics include:
(00:00:15) upbringing, family and education
(00:02:26) Leeds University to study Maths, September 1964
(00:03:14) experience of programming at Leeds…
Shelfmark: MS. 15797 digital 5
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
22 May-25 May 2018