Richard T. Russell

Richard Thomas Russell is the creator of the BBC BASIC for Windows computer language and the author of the Z80 and
MS-DOS versions of BBC BASIC.

He was educated at Gravesend Grammar School and graduated in 1973 with a degree in physics from the University of Oxford in the UK. The same year he started at the British Broadcasting Corporation as a design engineer.

During his career with the BBC he was involved withseveral high-profile projects including the BBC Microcomputer and the
BBC Domesday Project. He retired from the BBC in 2006.

His '2D DVE for Virtual Studios' won VideoR&D Achievement of the Year at the International Broadcasting Awards 1996,and his hardware implementation of the BBC's patented Transform PAL Decoderhas been acclaimed as probably the best PAL decoder in the world.

He is married and lives in Norfolk, UK.

External links

* [http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/ Richard Russell's website]
* [http://bbcbasic.blogspot.com/ Richard Russell's blog]
* [http://www.bbceng.info/Designs/designs_reminiscences/Richard_Russell/rtrdd.html Richard Russell's career in the BBC, Part 1]
* [http://www.bbceng.info/Designs/designs_reminiscences/richard_russell_part2/rtrbbc.html Richard Russell's career in the BBC, Part 2]
*http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/36574/fid/768----