Jill Hoare, 6-17 Oct 2018
Item
MS. 15797 digital 10
Born digital audio recording of interview with Jill Hoare, former programmer for Elliott Brothers and the NHS
Link to digital surrogate
Comprises:
(item 1) born digital audio of interview with Jill Hoare, former programmer for Elliott Brothers and the NHS. Interview conducted by Georgina Ferry, 6 Oct 2018. Running time 00:44:11, topics include:
- (00:00:12) family life and schooling
- (00:02:45) general degree in Physics and Maths at Kings College, London, 1953-1956
- (00:05:13) applications to Elliott Brothers as a programmer
- (00:06:39) women computing staff at Elliott 1956-1962
- (00:07:23) working on a library of scientific routines to make available for use
- (00:08:33) staff writing own auto-codes
- (00:11:33) working with paper tape at Elliott, developments at Eliott between 1956-1962
- (00:15:10) ALGOL language, difficulties working on full version of ALGOL language for 803 computer
- (00:23:44) gender split of staff at Elliott
- (00:25:00) family movements after leaving Elliott, moving to Belfast during the Troubles
- (00:27:11) voluntary work in Belfast
- (00:27:30) moving to California for six months for Stanford University in 1973
- (00:33:40) working for the NHS in Oxford, on a hospital admissions system, [named as Fourth Dimensions]
- (00:38:37) leaving Oxford for Cambridge, 1999
- (00:41:08) puzzle solving as an aspect of computing
- (00:43:13) the professional computing community.
(item 2) born digital transcript of interview with Jill Hoare, transcribed 17 Oct 2018.
Dates
- Creation: 6-17 Oct 2018
Extent
2 items
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Closed.
Shelfmark
MS. 15797 digital 10
Existence and Location of Copies
Access copy of audio available at University of Oxford podcasts.
Repository Details
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk