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Emeritus Professor John Makepeace Bennett AO FTSE (31 July 1921 – 9 December 2010) was an early Australian computer scientist. He was Australia's first professor of computer science and the founding president of the Australian Computer Society.〔 His pioneering career included work on early computers such as EDSAC, Ferranti Mark 1 * and SILLIAC, and spreading the word about the use of computers through computing courses and computing associations. ==Personal life== John Bennett was born in 1921 at Warwick, Queensland, the son of Albert John Bennett and Elsie Winifred née Bourne.〔(''Australian computing pioneer pushed technological frontiers'' ), Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Dec 2010, retrieved 4 Jan 2011〕 In 1952 he married Rosalind Mary Elkington (who was also working at Ferranti).〔(Elkington Internet Family Tree ) Retrieved 10 November 2006〕 They had four children: Chistopher John, Ann Margaret, Susan Elizabeth and Jane Mary.〔 In 1986 Bennett, aged 65, retired with his wife to Sydney's Northern Beaches. Bennett died at home on 9 December 2010 and was survived by his wife, four children and six grandchildren.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Makepeace Bennett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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