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Clive Sinclair
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English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)
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Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (1940–2021) was a British entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, and computer scientist. Born in Richmond, he was educated at Highgate School. He held United Kingdom citizenship and spoke English. Sinclair was a Knight Bachelor and had three children. He died in London.
His works are held in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. He is referenced by 194 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1948
- Died
- 2018
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Death and Texas
- Ogusṭus reḳs
- ʻAlilot dam
- Contrappasso Magazine, Issue 4
- Shylock Must Die
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Character
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1981
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9
- Total plays
- 99
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Clive+Sinclair">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Critical Review of rate constants for reactions of hydrated electrons, hydrogen atoms and hydroxyl radicals (⋅OH/⋅O− in Aqueous Solution
· 1988 · cited 11,087x
- Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
· 2020 · cited 9,217x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,930x
- Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease
· 2015 · cited 5,650x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,579x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Clive Marles Sinclair , ( 1940-07-30 ) 30 July 1940, Ealing , Middlesex , England
- Died
- 16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) (aged 81), London, England
- Occupations
- Entrepreneur inventor
- Years active
- 1961−2010
- Known for
- Founder of Sinclair Radionics , Sinclair Research , Sinclair Vehicles Inventor of the slimline pocket calculator , ZX80 , ZX81 , ZX Spectrum , QL
- Spouses
- Ann Trevor-Briscoe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1985 ) Angie Bowness ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2017 )
- Awards
- Knight Bachelor (1983)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) was an English entrepreneur and inventor, best known for being a pioneer in the computing industry and also as the founder of several companies that developed consumer electronics in the 1970s and early 1980s.
After spending several years as assistant editor of Instrument Practice, Sinclair founded Sinclair Radionics Ltd in 1961. He produced the world's first slimline electronic pocket calculator (the Sinclair Executive) in 1972. Sinclair then moved into the production of home computers in 1980 with Sinclair Research Ltd, producing the Sinclair ZX80 (the UK's first mass-market home computer for less than £100) and in the early 1980s, the ZX81, ZX Spectrum and the Sinclair QL. Sinclair Research is widely recognised for its importance in the early days of the British and European home computer industry, as well as helping to give rise to the British video game industry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clive Sinclair” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.