Professor Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes ( 26 June 1913 , Dudley , Worcestershire â '' 29 November 2010 ) was a British computer scientist , called the `` father of Brish computing '' . Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes FRS , FREng , DFBCS ( 26 June 1913 â `` 29 November 2010 ) was a British computer scientist credited with several important developments in computing .