About Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, 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).
Known for:
World Wide Web|HTTP|HTML|URL|Semantic Web|WorldWideWeb|Design Issues for the World Wide Web
Notable works:
Weaving the Web
Awards:
honorary doctorate of the Open University|MacArthur Fellows Program|Millennium Technology Prize|W. Wallace McDowell Award|Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research|Royal Designer for Industry|Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering|IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award|Albert Medal|Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts|Bodley Medal|Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize|Fellow of the British Computer Society|Internet Hall of Fame|honorary doctorate of Lancaster University|honorary doctorate of the University Polytechnic of Madrid|Obedience Award|Computer History Museum Fellow|Axel Springer Award|honorary doctor of Harvard University|Internet Archive Hero award|honorary doctor of the Open University of Catalonia|Paul Evan Peters Award|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|OII Lifetime Achievement Award|honorary doctor of Yale University|President's Medal|Mountbatten Medal|Sir Frank Whittle Medal|Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Eduard-Rhein Technology Award|Fellow of the Royal Society|Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Award|UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal|Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering|ACM Fellow|Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class|Honorary doctor of the University of Liège|IEEE Maxwell Award|EFF Award|Order of Merit|Worthy of the City|Turing Award|Marconi Prize|Prix Ars Electronica|Quadriga|Royal Medal|Japan Prize|ACM Software System Award|Charles Stark Draper Prize|Lovelace Medal
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