Clive Sinclair

Also known as Sir Clive Marles Sinclair, Clive Marles Sinclair, Sir Clive Sinclair

English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)

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Born: 1948
Died: 2018
Works: 24

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Contrappasso Magazine, Issue 4
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Type: Character
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1981

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Total plays: 99

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5 total works indexed

Critical Review of rate constants for reactions of hydrated electrons, hydrogen atoms and hydroxyl radicals (⋅OH/⋅O− in Aqueous Solution
· 1988 · cited 10,956x
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
· 2020 · cited 8,879x
Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,905x
Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease
· 2015 · cited 5,499x
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,478x

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Key facts

Born: Clive Marles Sinclair , ( 1940-07-30 ) 30 July 1940, Ealing , Middlesex , England
Died: 16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) (aged 81), London, England
Occupations: Entrepreneur inventor
Years active: 1961−2010
Known for: Founder of Sinclair Radionics , Sinclair Research , Sinclair Vehicles Inventor of the slimline pocket calculator , ZX80 , ZX81 , ZX Spectrum , QL
Spouses: Ann Trevor-Briscoe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1985 ) Angie Bowness ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2017 )
Awards: Knight Bachelor (1983)

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Image: Sinclair.600pix.crop.jpg
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Clive Sinclair
date of birth: 1940-07-30
Commons gallery: Clive Sinclair
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011382
date of death: 2021-09-16
name in native language: Clive Sinclair
birth name: Clive Marles Sinclair
end of work period: 2021-00-00
start of work period: 1961-00-00

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Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) was an English entrepreneur and inventor, best known for being a pioneer in the computing industry and also as the founder of several companies that developed consumer electronics in the 1970s and early 1980s.

After spending several years as assistant editor of Instrument Practice, Sinclair founded Sinclair Radionics Ltd in 1961. He produced the world's first slimline electronic pocket calculator (the Sinclair Executive) in 1972. Sinclair then moved into the production of home computers in 1980 with Sinclair Research Ltd, producing the Sinclair ZX80 (the UK's first mass-market home computer for less than £100) and in the early 1980s, the ZX81, ZX Spectrum and the Sinclair QL. Sinclair Research is widely recognised for its importance in the early days of the British and European home computer industry, as well as helping to give rise to the British video game industry.