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Clive Sinclair
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English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Image
- Sinclair.600pix.crop.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Clive Sinclair
- date of birth
- 1940-07-30
- topic's main category
- Category:Clive Sinclair
- Commons gallery
- Clive Sinclair
- ACM Classification Code (2012)
- 10011382
- has works in the collection
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- date of death
- 2021-09-16
- name in native language
- Clive Sinclair
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- birth name
- Clive Marles Sinclair
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- member of
- Mensa International
- discoverer or inventor
- Sinclair Executive
- writing language
- English language
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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.