Simon Loftus Peyton Jones

Background

Jones, Simon Loftus Peyton was born on January 18, 1958 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Loftus Edward and Frances Anne (Lee) P.Jones.

Education

Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University, 1979; Diploma in Computer Science, Cambridge (England) University, 1980.

Career

Systems engineer, Beale Electronic Systems Ltd., England, 1980-1982; lecturer, University College, London, 1982-1989; professor computer science, Glasgow (Scotland) U., since 1989. Technical director The Fiber Company Ltd., York, England, since 1992.

Achievements

• Simon Loftus Peyton Jones has been listed as a noteworthy Computer science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Implementation of Functional Programming Language (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Science)

Membership

Member British Computer Society (chartered engineer).

Connections

Married Dorothy Helen Marr, June 12, 1986. Children: Michael, Sarah.

Father:

Loftus Edward P.Jones

Mother:

Frances Anne (Lee) P.Jones

Spouse:

Dorothy Helen Marr

child:

Michael Jones

child:

Sarah Jones