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Conway Berners-Lee (born 1921) is an English mathematician who worked in the team that developed the Manchester Mark I computer at the University of Manchester, England. He went on to work for Ferranti, ICT and ICL.While at ICL in the 1960's and 1970s he worked on randomizing algortihms and other methods for scattering and retrieving data on magnetic discs which in those days were of very restricted space, typically 8-30 MB on a disc set measuring about 40cm diameter, 15 cm deep. He rather revelled in a reputation for being an absent minded scientist. His brilliant mind and complete focus on solving problems made him seem a bit remote, but he was always very pleasant
Berners-Lee was born in Birmingham to Helen Lane Campbell Gray and Cecil Burford Berners Lee.[1] He is married to Mary Lee Woods, also in the team. Their son, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, went on to invent the World Wide Web.
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