Editing Hermann Hauser (section)

==Awards and honours==
Hauser was voted the UK's "Computer Personality of the Year" of 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hermann Hauser invests and takes board seat at quantum computing startup planqc |url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/935/Hermann-Hauser/#:~:text=In%20March%201979%20Hermann%20Hauser,of%20the%20Year'%20of%201984. |website=www.computinghistory.org.uk}}</ref> In 2010, ''Eureka'', in its "100 most important scientists", placed Hauser at 51.<ref name="physicsworld top uk scientists">{{cite web | url=http://physicsworld.com/blog/2010/10/100_top_uk_scientists_revealed.html | title=100 top UK scientists revealed | publisher=[[The Times]] | work=Eureka | date=7 October 2010 | access-date=24 November 2011 | author=Durrani, Matin | quote=In 51st is entrepreneur and founder of Acorn Computers Hermann Hauser [...]}}</ref> He became patron of [[The Centre for Computing History]] in December 2011, 30 years after the launch of the [[BBC Micro]].<ref name="businessweekly hauser patron">{{cite news | url=http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/hi-tech/13254-hauser-patron-of-new-centre-for-computing-history | title=Hauser patron of new Centre for Computing History | work=Business Weekly | date=12 December 2011 | access-date=13 December 2011 | author=Walker, Alice | location=Cambridge | publisher=Q Communications | quote=Dr Hermann Hauser has been named as patron of the new Centre for Computing History in Cambridge UK. [...] agreed to take on the important role 30 years after the company he co-founded – Acorn Computers – unveiled the BBC Micro [...]}}</ref>

In 2001, Hauser became an Honorary Doctor at [[Anglia Ruskin University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Hermann Hauser – ARU |url=https://aru.ac.uk/graduation-and-alumni/honorary-award-holders2/hermann-hauser |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=aru.ac.uk}}</ref> On 8 July 2002, Hauser was elected a Fellow of the [[Institute of Physics]] (FInstP) and an International [[Fellow]]<ref name="List of Fellows"/> of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]]<ref name="List of Fellows"/> (FREng). In May 2004 he presented the prestigious IEE [[Pinkerton Lecture]]. In 2005, Hauser received a [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] for his work as a venture capitalist and entrepreneur.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cambridge Network companies win 'Business Weekly' awards |url=https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/cambridge-network-companies-win-business-weekly-awards |work=[[Cambridge Network]]}}</ref> The award was presented at the annual [[European Electronics Industry Awards]] in London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hermann Hauser FRS – Hughes Hall |url=https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/our-people/seniors-members/hermann-hauser/ |publisher=Hughes Hall, Cambridge |date=28 September 2017}}</ref> Hauser was awarded an Honorary [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] for "innovative service to the UK enterprise sector" in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hermann Hauser |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/people/hermann-hauser |work=UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose |date=1 June 2017}}</ref> In 1998, Hauser was elected into an honorary fellowship of [[Hughes Hall, Cambridge]], and he was also elected into an honorary fellowship of [[King's College, Cambridge]] with effect from 1 January 2000. In the same year he was awarded the [[Mountbatten Medal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theiet.org/about/libarc/archives/institution-history/mountbatten-medal.cfm |title=Archives Mountbatten Medallists |publisher=IET |access-date=15 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824223245/http://www.theiet.org/about/libarc/archives/institution-history/mountbatten-medal.cfm |archive-date=24 August 2010 }}</ref>

Hauser was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] (FRS) in 2012.<ref name="frs"/> His nomination reads: {{centred pull quote|Distinguished as a science-based innovator and serial-entrepreneur whose ventures have been at the forefront of UK innovation. A major contributor to the global technology and growth agendas and an influential member of senior policy making bodies. An inspiration and role-model for generations of entrepreneurs who has been directly involved in many companies, providing enthusiasm, mentoring, and financing leading to technology based wealth creation at scale.<ref name="royal"/>}}

Hauser was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the [[BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT|British Computer Society]] (DFBCS) in 2013 recognising his contribution to computing science in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Hermann Hauser |url=https://www.bcs.org/events/awards-and-competitions/distinguished-fellowship-distfbcs/roll-of-distinguished-fellows/dr-hermann-hauser/ |publisher=bcs.org}}</ref>