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Tim Berners-Lee

Also known as Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, Timothy John Berners-Lee, TimBL

English computer scientist (born 1955)

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Tim Berners-Lee is an English computer scientist born in 1955 who is best known for inventing the World Wide Web, the system that allows people to share and access information across the internet. His creation fundamentally transformed how humans communicate, access information, and conduct business globally.

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Works: 8

Top works

This Is for Everyone
This Is for Everyone
Spinning the Semantic Web
A framework for web science
The WWW virtual library

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London, England, UK

Known for

The Gutenberg Enigma — Himself - Computer Scientist2017
Foreveryone.net — Himself2016
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz — Self2014
Inside the Dark Web — Himself2014
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder — Self2012
Worldwidewebwonder - 20 Years "WWW" - 40 Years Internet — Self2009
Click — Self2000
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age1997
Horizon — Himself - Interviewed Guest1964

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Instance of: human
Given name: Tim
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: London
Father: Conway Berners-Lee
Mother: Mary Lee Woods
Occupation: author
Employer: Open Data Institute
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Unitarian Universalism
Notable work: URL
Noble title: Sir
Academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
Field of work: computer science
Image: LS3 4919 (cropped).jpg
Work location: CERN
Residence: Concord

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Encyclopedic overview

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).

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. He devised and implemented the first Web browser and Web server and helped foster the Web's subsequent development. He is the founder and emeritus director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the continued development of the Web. He co-founded (with Rosemary Leith) the World Wide Web Foundation. In 2009, he was elected Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences.

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