Clive Sinclair

For the Somerset Maugham Award-winning author, see Clive Sinclair (author).

Sir Clive Sinclair meets young inventors in Bristol, England in 1992.

Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (born July 30, 1940 near Richmond upon Thames), is a British entrepreneur and inventor of, among other things, the world's first small electronic pocket calculator (Sinclair Executive), in 1972 and the ZX Spectrum computer in 1982. Sinclair was fascinated from his teenage years by electronics. In 1961 he started his own company, Sinclair Radionics Ltd, after spending several years as assistant editor for Practical Wireless and Instrument Practice to raise funds for his company.

In recent years Sinclair has become a keen poker player and appeared in the first three seasons of the Late Night Poker TV series. He won the first season final of the Celebrity Poker Club spin-off, defeating Keith Allen.

See also

• Sinclair C5
• Sinclair Radionics Ltd
• Sinclair Research Ltd
• Sinclair Vehicles Ltd

Further reading

• Adamson, Ian; Kennedy, Richard (1986). Sinclair and the "Sunrise" Technology. London: Penguin Books. 224 pp. ISBN 0140087745.
• Dale, Rodney (1985). The Sinclair Story. London: Duckworth. 184 pp. ISBN 0715619012.

External links

• Sir Clive Sinclair at Planet Sinclair website
• Sinclair bows out – By John Gilbert, Sinclair User, Issue 51, June 1986
• 'Move over Segway, I'm planning the C6' – By Jonathan Duffy, BBC News Online, 5 August 2003
• Hendon Mob Poker Tournament Results
• Gutshot Card Club Tournament Results

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