Sir Frederic Calland Williams, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Federal Reserve System, known as "F.C. Williams" or "Freddie Williams", was an English engineer
Education
Williams was educated at Stockport Grammar School and the University of Manchester where he was awarded Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. He went on to received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1936 after studying at, Oxford.
Career
Working at the Telecommunications Establishment (TRE), he was a substantial contributor during World World War II to the development of radar. In 1946 he was appointed as head of the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Manchester. There, with Tom Kilburn, he pioneered the first stored-program digital computer, the Manchester Mark 1 computer.
Williams is also recognised for his invention of the Williams-Kilburn tube, an early memory device.