User:Booktopia/Samuel Fedida

Samuel (usually known as Sam) Fedida was born on 4 May 1918, and died in July 2007 at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England

In 1971, Sam Fedida, of the Post Office Research Laboratories at Dollis Hill, London, conceived of Viewdata, which led to the Prestel service launched in September 1979 by BT, who claimed it as "the world's first public viewdata service".