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Donald MacCrimmon MacKay

1922-08-09 – 1987-02-06

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Donald MacKay. Bates, John AV and the Ratio Club BW photograph of the Ratio Club and guests, c. 1950s Image used in Phil Husbands and Owen Holland, The Ratio Club: A Hub of British Cybernetics, in Husbands, Holland & Wheeler (eds.) The Mechanical Mind in History, MIT Press, 91-148, 2008. Figure 2: Some members of The Ratio Club with guests outside Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, May 1952. The photograph was organized by Donald Mackay. Back row (partly obscured): H. Shipton, J. Bates, W. Hicks, J. Pringle, D. Scholl, J. Westcott, D. Mackay. Middle row: G. Brindley, T. McLardy. W.R. Ashby, T. Gold, A. Uttley. Front row: A. Turing, G. Sutton, W. Rushton, G. Dawson, H. Barlow. Courtesy Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine Archives & ManuscriptsCredit: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/d3/8b/a35b81c8d9cedb039c233045c097.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0030978.html

Life & Legacy

Donald MacCrimmon MacKay (9 August 1922 – 6 February 1987) was a British physicist, and professor at the Department of Communication and Neuroscience at Keele University in Staffordshire, England, known for his contributions to information theory and the theory of brain organisation.

Occupation & Career

physicist, university teacher, physician, philosopher

Education

University of St Andrews; King's College London

Legacy Highlights

Employer

Keele University

Organizations & Memberships

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Education & Institutions

King's College London · University of St Andrews

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q3036050 — wikidata View source

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