Ronald Stamper

Ronald K. (Ron) Stamper (1934 - 2024) was a British computer scientist, formerly a researcher in the LSE and emeritus professor at the University of Twente, known for his pioneering work in Organisational semiotics, and the creation of the MEASUR methodology and the SEDITA framework.

Born in West Bridgford, United Kingdom, Stamper obtained his MA in Mathematics and Statistics at University College Oxford in 1959.

[2] The main thrust of Stamper's published work was to find a theoretical foundation for the design and use of computer based information systems.

[citation needed] Stamper adopted the idea of the sign as the fundamental unit of informatics after his research into the meaning of the word "information" which he considered dangerously polysemous.

[citation needed] Stamper collaborated with Ronald Lee of the University of Texas on organizational deontics incorporating the Speech Acts of Austin and Searle.