Tim Berners-Lee

@Inventor of the World Wide Web, Family and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web British Oxford University Inventors & Discoverers Computer Scientists Gemini Celebrities Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist who invented what is undoubtedly one of the most revolutionary inventions of the 20th century—the World Wide Web (WWW). A qualified software engineer who was working at CERN when he came up with the idea of a global network system, Sir Tim is also credited for creating the world’s first web browser and editor. He founded the World Wide Web Foundation and directs the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Both of his parents worked on the Ferranti Mark I, the first commercial computer, and thus it is not surprising that he too chose the field of computers. But what is surprising is the phenomenal impact his idea of a global network has had on the world of information and technology. An alumnus of the University of Oxford, he realized the need for a global communication network while working at CERN as the researchers from all over the world needed to share their data with each other. By the late 1980s he had drawn up a proposal for creating a global hypertext document system using the internet. A few more years of pioneering work in the field led to the birth of the World Wide Web making Berners-Lee one of the most significant inventors of the modern era.

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Birthday: June 8, 1955 Nationality: British Famous: Inventor of the World Wide Web, Oxford University, Inventors & Discoverers, Computer Scientists Spouses: Rosemary Leith Known as: Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, TimBL Universities: Oxford University 1976 - The Queen's College Oxford 1973 - Emanuel School Notable Alumnis: Oxford University Information Detail Birthday June 8, 1955 Nationality British Famous Inventor of the World Wide Web, Oxford University, Inventors & Discoverers, Computer Scientists Spouses Rosemary Leith Known as Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, TimBL Universities Oxford University 1976 - The Queen's College Oxford 1973 - Emanuel School Notable Alumnis Oxford University Founder / Co-Founder World Wide Web Consortium World Wide Web Foundation Discoveries / Inventions World Wide Web Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTML Web Browser Birth Place London Gender Male Father Conway Berners-Lee Mother Mary Lee Woods Net Worth $50 Million as of Jan 15,2017 Sun Sign Gemini Born in London Famous as Inventor of the World Wide Web

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He met Jane while studying physics at Oxford and married her soon after graduation in 1976. This marriage, however, ended in a divorce. Unsplash Personal Life

While working for CERN he became acquainted with Nancy, an American software engineer. They so fell in love and tied the knot in 1990. This marriage too ended after some years. Unsplash Personal Life

Currently he is married to Rosemary Leith who he wed in June 2014. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on June 8, 1955, as Timothy Berners-Lee to Mary Lee Woods and Conway Berners-Lee. He has three siblings. Both his parents worked on the first commercially-built computer, the Ferranti Mark I and thus Tim was fascinated by computers from a young age. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He received his primary education from Sheen Mount Primary School before moving on to London's independent Emanuel School where he studied from 1969 to 1973. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He enrolled at The Queen’s College of the University of Oxford in 1973 and graduated in 1976 with a first-class degree in physics. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was appointed as an engineer at the telecommunications company, Plessey in Poole after completing his studies. He remained there for two years, working on distributed transaction systems, message relays, and bar code technology. Unsplash Career

He left Plessey in 1978 and joined D. G. Nash Ltd. In this job he wrote typesetting software for intelligent printers and a multitasking operating system. Unsplash Career

In the late 1970s he began working as an independent consultant and worked for many companies, including CERN where he worked from June to December 1980 as a consultant software engineer. Unsplash Career

While at CERN he wrote a program called “Enquire” for his own personal use. It was a simple hypertext program which laid the conceptual foundation for the development of the World Wide Web in future. Unsplash Career

He started working at John Poole’s Image Computer Systems, Ltd. in 1981. For the next three years he worked on the company’s technical side which enabled him to gain experience in computer networking. His work included real time control firmware, graphics and communications software, and a generic macro language. Unsplash Career

His invention, the World Wide Web, is counted among the most significant inventions of the 20th century. The web revolutionized the world of information and technology and has opened up several new avenues. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	June 8, 1955
Nationality	British
Famous	Inventor of the World Wide Web, Oxford University, Inventors & Discoverers, Computer Scientists
Spouses	Rosemary Leith
Known as	Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, TimBL
Universities	Oxford University 1976 - The Queen's College Oxford 1973 - Emanuel School
Notable Alumnis	Oxford University
Founder / Co-Founder	World Wide Web Consortium World Wide Web Foundation
Discoveries / Inventions	World Wide Web Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTML Web Browser
Birth Place	London
Gender	Male
Father	Conway Berners-Lee
Mother	Mary Lee Woods
Net Worth	$50 Million as of Jan 15,2017
Sun Sign	Gemini
Born in	London
Famous as	Inventor of the World Wide Web

Tim Berners-Lee

British

Jun 8, 1955

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