For the Jewish author and leader, see Bernard G. Richards.
Bernard Richards (born 16 October 1931, died 7 April 2024) was a British computer scientist and an Emeritus Professor of Medical Informatics at the University of Manchester, England.[1][2]
Richards studied mathematics and physics for his bachelor's degree.[3] For his master's degree, he worked under the supervision of Alan Turing (1912–1954) at Manchester as one of Turing's last students, helping to validate Turing’s theory of morphogenesis.[4][5][6] Reflecting on Turing's death at the age of 80 during Turing's centenary year in 2012, Richards commented: "The day he died felt like driving through a tunnel and the lights being switched off".[2]
After Turing died, Richards changed his research area and worked for his doctorate, studying an aspect of optics, resulting in a Royal Society paper with his supervisor, Professor Emil Wolf.[3] This provided a detailed description of the diffraction of light through a convex lens. After this, Richards moved into the area of medicine, producing an important paper on hormone peaks in the menstrual cycle. Later he worked on expert systems aimed at use in open heart surgery and also intensive care units.
Richards became Professor of Medical Informatics at Manchester University and latterly Emeritus Professor in the School of Computer Science.[7]
Richards served as a Chairman of the BCS Health Informatics Committee and in 1998 was made BCS Fellow of the Year for Services to Medical Informatics.[8] He was the first President of the Institute for Health Record and Information Management (IHRIM), a member of the International Federation of Records Officers (IFRO). In Europe, he is an Honorary Member of the Ukrainian Association for Computer Medicine of the Ukraine, the Romanian Academy of Medical Science, the John von Neumann Computer Society of Hungary, the Czech Medical Informatics Society, and the Polish Medical Informatics Society. Richards was presented with an award by Queen Elizabeth II for contributing a morphogenesis memento to a time capsule during 2012, Alan Turing's centenary year.[9]
^"Prof Bernard Richards – personal details". The University of Manchester. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ abHenry, David (19 June 2012). "Alan Turing: 'The day he died felt like driving through a tunnel and the lights being switched off'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ abCopeland, Jack; Bowen, Jonathan; Sprevak, Mark; Wilson, Robin; et al. (2017). "Notes on Contributors". The Turing Guide. Oxford University Press. p. 478. ISBN 978-0198747833.
^Richards, Bernard (1954), "The Morphogenesis of Radiolaria", MSc thesis, Manchester, UK: The University of Manchester
^Richards, Bernard (2005). "Turing, Richards and morphogenesis". The Rutherford Journal. 1.
^Richards, Bernard (2017). "Chapter 35 – Radiolaria: Validating the Turing theory". In Copeland, Jack; et al. (eds.). The Turing Guide. pp. 383–388.
^"Prof Bernard Richards – personal details". School of Computer Science, The University of Manchester. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^Richards, Bernard. "My Statement re EFMI Rep" (PDF). BCS. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^Cooper, S. Barry (22 January 2013). "Alan Turing Year – the Establishment still doesn't get it". The Guardian.
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