Death of Donald Michie

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell () ncl ac uk>
Date: July 8, 2007 6:20:09 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Fwd: Death of Donald Michie

Dave:

Might I suggest this for IP.

Regards

Brian

Forwarded message:

> From: David Anderson <cdpa () btinternet com>
> Subject: Death of Donald Michie
>
> Terrible news from the BBC News website at
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6281348.stm
>
> David
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Academic pair killed in car crash Two leading academics have been  
> killed in a car  crash on the M11.
>
> Professor Donald Michie, 84, and his ex-wife, Dame Anne McLaren,  
> 80, were in a car which left the motorway as they travelled from  
> Cambridge to London.
>
> Prof Michie was a researcher in artificial intelligence who worked  
> as part of the British code- breaking group at Bletchley Park  
> during World War II.
>
> Dr McLaren was a leading geneticist who became the first female  
> officer of the Royal Society.
>
> She was also a fellow of King's College and Christ College,  
> Cambridge, and a member of the  Warnock Commission that advised on  
> ethical issues on the use of genetics.
>
> Prof Michie had helped solve Tunny, a German teleprinter cipher,  
> during the war and was  director of the University of Edinburgh's  
> Department of Machine Intelligence and Perception.
>
> Their son, Jonathan Michie, said: "This is a tragic event  
> especially since Donald was preparing  a major lecture to be  
> delivered at the University of Edinburgh on the history of machine   
> intelligence.
>
> "The one consolation in the case of Anne is that her 80th birthday  
> this year had been widely  celebrated and honoured by both her  
> Cambridge institute and both her Cambridge Colleges."
>
> The couple leave three children. Prof Michie also leaves one son  
> from a previous marriage.
>
>
> Dr. David P. Anderson B.A.Hons Ph.D. M.B.C.S.
> University of Portsmouth
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