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Tim Berners-Lee
Inventing the World Wide Web.
CERN · Web standards
- Born
- 8 June 1955
- Birthplace
- London, England
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Tim Berners-Lee
An English computer scientist who linked hypertext documents through the internet, creating the foundations of the Web.
Early life
Computing family
Both parents worked on the Ferranti Mark 1 computer.
Oxford studies
Graduated in physics from The Queen’s College in 1976.
Career
- 1970s
Engineering work
Worked at Plessey and D. G. Nash.
- 1980
First CERN contract
Built a hypertext system for sharing information.
- 1989–1990
Web development
Proposed the Web and built its first browser and server.
- 1994
Standards organisation
Founded the World Wide Web Consortium.
Contributions
Web proposal
Outlined a linked information system for researchers.
First browser and server
Implemented the tools needed to publish and read web pages.
Open standards
Developed common foundations including URLs, HTTP and HTML.
Beyond work
Public-interest work
Co-founded the World Wide Web Foundation.
Family
Married Rosemary Leith in 2014.
Sources & photo credit
Biographical reference ↗Achievement reference ↗Photo: Summit. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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