Biography of Karen Spärck Jones

Karen Spärck Jones (* 26. August 1935 in Huddersfield; † 4. April 2007 in Cambridgeshire) was a british computer scientist. She was 71 years old. She was married to Roger Needham. Her education included Girton College and University of Cambridge. She received 6 awards, including Lovelace Medal, ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award. Her cause of death was cancer.