The Saga of Tim Berners-Lee
Category
Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
Born 8 June 1955
Leaderboard Rank
#420 in Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955), also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, HTML, the URL system, and HTTP. He is a professorial research fellow at the University of Oxford and a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
Berners-Lee proposed an information management system on 12 March 1989 and implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet in mid-November.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
Berners-Lee proposed an information management system on 12 March 1989 and implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet in mid-November.
