John Makepeace Bennett
John Makepeace Bennett (1921 - 2010)
John M. Bennett was an Electrical & Electronic Engineer. He studied at the University of Queensland, graduating BSc and BE. He served in the RAAF between 1942 and 1946, He then gained a PhD from Cambridge University, specialising in Computers, working for Ferranti Ltd in England.
Returning to Australia he lectured at the University of Sydney, acted as a consultant engineer, eventually Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney in Computer Science. He was a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
For a fuller account of the life of John Makepeace Bennett please see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Makepeace_Bennett
https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bennett-john-makepeace-33589
To access an oral history interview with John Makepeace Bennett please use this link:'
https://heritage.engineersaustralia.org.au/wiki/Oral_Histories_Sydney
