Paul Ramsay (British philanthropist)

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Paul Ramsay
Ramsay in 2003
Born1953
Birmingham, England
EducationUniversity of Birmingham
Occupation(s)Software Engineer, philanthropist
SpouseYuanbi Su Ramsay

Paul Ramsay FRPSL is a United States-based British-born philanthropist and computer tycoon.

Biography[edit]

Paul Ramsay was born in Birmingham, England. He graduated from Birmingham University with a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science in 1975, an MSc in Computer Science in 1976, and a PhD in Computer Science in 1982.[1] Ramsay worked for several computer companies after moving to California, United States, in 1983. Ramsay helped found US technology company Brocade Communications Systems in 1995.[2]

Philanthropy[edit]

Ramsay and his wife Yuanbi, who is also a computer scientist, gave Birmingham University's School of Computer Science £1 million towards student bursaries and research. The Paul and Yuanbi Ramsay Bursaries are intended to encourage high-calibre students for whom financial considerations may prevent uptake of a place in the School of Computer Science.[3][4][5] Paul and Yuanbi Ramsay were both appointed to the Chancellor's Guild of Benefactors at Birmingham University.[6] The Ramsays also set up the Paul and Yuanbi Ramsay Pediatric Endowed Fellowships at Stanford University's Child Health Research Institute in the United States.[7]

Philately[edit]

After retiring from the technology industry, Ramsay continued to pursue his lifelong interest in philately. He joined the Great Britain Philatelic Society in 2007, publishing several articles in the Society's flagship magazine The GB Journal, winning the Literature Field Award in 2016 for the most significant published work by a Society member in the field of GB Philately.[8][9] In 2014 he became editor of the Society's general information magazine The GBPS Newsletter.[10] Ramsay also joined the Royal Philatelic Society London as a member and was later elected a Fellow of the RPSL. In May 2018 he donated his collection of hand-painted envelopes to be auctioned by Spink on behalf of the RPSL.[11][12] The auction raised £175,000 for the Tomorrow's Royal campaign.

Publications[edit]

  • ATOL, a simple language with powerful data structuring facilities (1979)[13]
  • A prototyping language for text-processing applications (1982)[14]
  • TRAP - Tax Reform Analysis Package (1983)[15]
  • A microcomputer-controlled apparatus for simultaneous measurement of exoelectron emission and thermoluminesence (1983)[16]
  • Silver Jubilee Booklet Interleaf Numbers (2013)[17]
  • Coloured Advertisements in British Stamp Booklets (2013)[18]
  • Ford’s Blotting Paper in British Stamp Booklets (2013)[19]
  • Air Mail Panes in British Stamp Booklets (2013)[20]
  • Dubarry Advertisements in British Stamp Booklets (2015)[9]
  • George V Perforations on Photogravure Definitive Booklets and Rolls (2016)[21]
  • Postage and Telegraph Dies of De La Rue from the Inland Revenue Records (2021)[22]
  • The Struggle Behind Britain’s National Health Stamps (2023)[23]
  • The £sd Postage Stamps of Great Britain Issued in Booklets (2012)[24]
  • The Post Office Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain (2014)[25]
  • The £sd Postage Stamps of Great Britain Issued in Rolls (2015)[26]
  • The Postage Due Stamps of Great Britain (2018)[27]
  • Postage dues (2022)[28]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Why we give to Birmingham". Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Brocade Communications Systems Inc". Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ^ "BBC NEWS - UK - England - West Midlands - Tycoon's £1m university handout". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Buzz Online Issue 32". www.download.bham.ac.uk.
  5. ^ Polly Curtis (2 September 2003). "Former student donates £1m to university". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  6. ^ "4582 Bham news AW.indd" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Other Faculty Scholars - Members - Child Health Research Institute - Stanford Medicine". Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ^ "GBPS Competition and Award Winners". gbps.org.uk.
  9. ^ a b Ramsay, Paul; Mynott, Alan J. (May 2015). "Dubarry Advertisements in British Stamp Booklets". The GB Journal. 53 (3). The Great Britain Philatelic Society: 55–70. ISSN 0430-8913.
  10. ^ "The GBPS Newsletter". gbps.org.uk.
  11. ^ "The Dr. Paul Ramsay Collection of Hand-Painted Envelopes". spink.com.
  12. ^ "Launch of Tomorrow's Royal at the sale of Dr Paul Ramsay's Hand-Painted Envelopes". youtube.com.
  13. ^ Axford, T.H.; Ramsay, P. (March 1979). "ATOL, a simple language with powerful data structuring facilities". ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 14 (3): 5–15. doi:10.1145/988071.988073. ISSN 0362-1340. S2CID 17917710.
  14. ^ Dodd, W.P.; Ramsay, P. (March 1979). "A prototyping language for text-processing applications". ACM Sigsoft. 7 (5): 50–53. doi:10.1145/1006258.1006268. ISSN 0163-5948.
  15. ^ King, M.A.; Ramsay, P. (May 1983). "TRAP - Tax Reform Analysis Package". SSRC Discussion Paper.
  16. ^ Davies, J.E.; Ramsay, P. (May 1983). "A microcomputer-controlled apparatus for simultaneous measurement of exoelectron emission and thermoluminesence". Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 4 (3–4): 177–180. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a082020. ISSN 0144-8420.
  17. ^ Ramsay, Paul (January 2013). "Silver Jubilee Booklet Interleaf Numbers". The GB Journal. 51 (1). The Great Britain Philatelic Society: 164–170. ISSN 0430-8913.
  18. ^ Musry, Alan; Ramsay, Paul (May 2013). "Coloured Advertisements in British Stamp Booklets". The GB Journal. 51 (3). The Great Britain Philatelic Society: 25–30. ISSN 0430-8913.
  19. ^ Ramsay, Paul (January 2014). "Ford's Blotting Paper in British Stamp Booklets". The GB Journal. 52 (1). The Great Britain Philatelic Society: 1–13. ISSN 0430-8913.
  20. ^ Musry, Alan; Ramsay, Paul (July 2014). "Air Mail Panes in British Stamp Booklets". The GB Journal. 52 (4). The Great Britain Philatelic Society: 54–61. ISSN 0430-8913.
  21. ^ Ramsay, Paul (September 2016). "George V Perforations on Photogravure Definitive Booklets and Rolls". The GB Journal. 54 (5). The Great Britain Philatelic Society: 103–107. ISSN 0430-8913.
  22. ^ Ramsay, Paul (September 2021). "Postage and Telegraph Dies of De La Rue from the Inland Revenue Records". The GB Journal. 59 (6). The Great Britain Philatelic Society: 128–130. ISSN 0430-8913.
  23. ^ Healey, Matthew; Ramsay, Paul (January 2023). "The Struggle Behind Britain's National Health Stamps". The Collectors Club Philatelist. 102 (1). The Collectors Club: 16–27. ISSN 0010-0838.
  24. ^ "The £sd Postage Stamps of Great Britain Issued in Booklets". gbstampbooklets.com.
  25. ^ "The Post Office Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain". gbtelegraphs.com.
  26. ^ "The £sd Postage Stamps of Great Britain Issued in Rolls". gbstamprolls.com.
  27. ^ "The Postage Due Stamps of Great Britain". gbpostagedues.com.
  28. ^ "Postage dues". royalmintmuseum.org.uk.
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