David Caminer [SEP] date of death
David Caminer
David Caminer, OBE (26 June 1915 – 19 June 2008) has been called "the world's first corporate electronic systems analyst" and "the world's first software engineer". He carried out the systems analysis and charting for the world's first routine business computer job. He was a British computer engineer who developed the world's first business computer, LEO (Lyons Electronic Office). He was also called "the first business application programmer".
Life and work.
Caminer was born
David Treisman in the East End of London. His father was killed in action during the First World War. When his mother remarried, he was given his stepfather's surname Caminer.
In March 1943 Caminer lost a leg at the Battle of Mareth, whilst serving with the Green Howards in Tunisia.
Caminer worked generally in the area of operations management and cost accounting. He helped to design, along with John Pinkerton, the LEO (Lyons Electronic Office), which has been certified by the Guinness World Records as