Tim Berners-Lee, Modest Father of the World Wide Web
A Biography of Tim Berners-Lee from Wikipedia
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA (London, 8 June 1955), is an English computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World Wide Web, making the first proposal for it in March 1989. On 25 December 1990, with the help of Robert Cailliau and a young student staff at CERN, he implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet. In 2007, he was ranked Joint First, alongside Albert Hofmann, in The Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses."Top 100 living geniuses" The Daily Telegraph October 27, 2008 Berner...
Books and Interviews by, with or about Tim Berners-Lee
A Few Quotes Which Have Been Attributed to Tim Berners-Lee
- "Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."
- "The original thing I wanted to do was [to] make [the Web] a collaborative medium, a place where we can all meet and read and write. Collaborative things are exciting, and the fact [that] people are doing wikis and blogs shows [that] they're [embracing] its creative side."
- ". . . to allow users to actually use the web even though it contains junk as well as gems - the technology must allow powerful filtering tools which, combining opinions and information about information from many sources, are completely under the control of the user."
- "You affect the world by what you browse."
- "I don't mind being referred to as the inventor of the World Wide Web. I like that image to be separate from private life."
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Links to More Information About Tim Berners-Lee
- Tim Berners-Lee Official Website
- This website provides links to everything that you would want to know about him (or at least that he would want you to know about him), including a short biography, a somewhat longer biography, "Frequently Asked Questions", copies of presentations that he has given, and even a page for kids which contains questions that Mr. Berners-Lee has answered for them.
- "Information Management: A Proposal" by Tim Berners-Lee
- The original proposal written by Tim Berners-Lee to CERN regarding what would eventually become the World Wide Web.
- Qualifiers on HyperText Links
- Tim Berners-Lee's first mention of the WorldWideWeb posted to the alt.hypertext newsgroup on Usenet.
- WorldWideWeb: Summary
- The text of Tim Berners-Lee's posting (on August 6, 1991) on the alt.hypertext newsgroup describing the WorldWideWeb to the world.
- info.cern.ch - the website of the world's first-ever web server
- The location of the world's first web server and web pages.
- The World Wide Web project
- A later (1992) version of the world's first website. (The original copy no longer exists.)
- Tim Berners-Lee's Blog
- (Last updated in November 2006.)
- World Wide Web Consortium
- From the website: "The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for the Web."
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Thank you, Mr. Berners-Lee, for your wonderful inventions!
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SuzyC wrote...
He is my hero, What a great choice for a lens!
My favourite quote from him.. an oldie but a goodie..
"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."
~ Suzy
Posted September 04, 2007
