Sir Tim Berners-Lee TimeLine by Sanjay Sivanantham

Born June 8 1955

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He was born in London England, to Mary Lee-Woods and Conway Berners-Lee.

Graduated in 1976

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Berners-Lee graduated from the University of Oxford. Berners-Lee designed computer software for two years at Plessey Telecommunications Ltd

1980 Joins Cern

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Berners-Lee developed a program for himself, called Enquire, which could store information in files that contained connections both within and among separate files. This technique became known as hypertext.

Founded W3C in 1994

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Sir Tim is the Founder, Emeritus Director, and an Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a Web standards organization that he founded, which develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.

2001 - 2004 Join the Fellows and Gets Knighted

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In 2001 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has been the recipient of several international awards including the Japan Prize, the Prince of Asturias Foundation Prize, the Millennium Technology Prize and Germany's Die Quadriga award. In 2004 he was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth 2001 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has been the recipient of several international

2013-2017 Wins Prestigious Prizes

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Berners-Lee won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in 2013. He then won the Alan Turing Prize in 2017. This prize is also known as the "Nobel Prize of Computing" and is considered one of the most prestigious awards in Computer Science.

Current Day

sanjaysivanantham — 2024-09-18 00:05:30 UTC

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is currently focused on improving internet privacy and data control. He is working on a project called "Solid," which aims to give people more control over their personal information online.