person Sir Clive Sinclair (1939- ) The British inventor who
with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use
8-bitSir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic
devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators
(he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world),
radios, and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some
might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles,
especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a
member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962.
["The Sinclair Story", Rodney Dale, pub. Duckworth 1985]
(1998-11-09)