Raymond Tomlinson

Raymond Samuel Tomlinson was an American computer programmer who invented the first email program on the ARPANET system, the precursor to the Internet, in 1971; it was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to ARPANET.

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Who was born first?

• Raymond Tomlinson and Ed Roberts were born the same year
• Raymond Tomlinson and Federico Faggin were born the same year
• Raymond Tomlinson was born 1 year after Clive Sinclair
• Raymond Tomlinson was born 1 year after Jerry Lawson
• Raymond Tomlinson was born 1 year before Patricia Bath

Timeline

1. Clive SinclairJuly 30, 1940 – September 16, 2021
2. Jerry LawsonDecember 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011
3. Ed RobertsSeptember 13, 1941 – April 1, 2010
4. Federico FagginDecember 1, 1941 – present
5. Raymond Tomlinson (this page)April 23, 1941 – March 5, 2016
6. Patricia BathNovember 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019

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