Academic
Andrew Donald Booth
British computer scientist (1918–2009)
- Life
- 1918 – 2009
- Born
- February 11, 1918
- Died
- November 29, 2009
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
Andrew Donald Booth was a British electrical engineer, physicist and computer scientist who was an early developer of the magnetic drum memory for computers. He is known for Booth's multiplication algorithm. In his later career in Canada he became president of Lakehead University.
