Daphne Oram (born December 31, 1925) worked for the BBC from 1943 firstly as a sound engineer, and then as the co-founder and Director of the "Radiophonic Workshop" from 1958 until she set up her own studio Folly Tower, so that she could make her own music, not just creating sounds to be used as special effects. She also created a musical machine that converted pictures into sound, known as 'Oramics' which she later continued working on, with the onset of the home computer revolution in 1981.
After suffering a stroke in 1994 she sadly had to give up her life-long work, and retired to a nursing home were she died on the 23rd January 2003 aged 77.