Grimsdale, R. L

LC control no.	n 91087543
Personal name heading	Grimsdale, R. L. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Grimsdale, Richard L. Grimsdale, Dick
Found in	Advances in computer graphics hardware, c1987-: v. 4, t.p. (R.L. Grimsdale) t.p. verso (Richard L. Grimsdale, School of Engineering, Univ. of Sussex) LC data base, 08-29-91 (hdg.: Grimsdale, R. L.) Telegraph WWW site, Dec. 27, 2005 (Professor Dick Grimsdale; b. Richard Lawrence Grimsdale, Sept. 18 1929, Australia; d. Dec. 6, aged 76; built the world's first transistorised computer, and was at the forefront of work on "read only memory" (ROM); his later work included communications and networking (he sent what is thought to be the first transatlantic email), and high-speed digital graphics used in special effects and computer games) New York times WWW site, Dec. 29, 2005 (Richard L. Grimsdale; b. 1929, Australia; d. Dec. 6, Brighton, England, aged 76; electrical engineer who colleagues said built the first transistorized computer)