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).

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Who was born first?

• Tim Berners-Lee and Steve Jobs were born the same year
• Tim Berners-Lee and Andy Bechtolsheim were born the same year
• Tim Berners-Lee and James Gosling were born the same year
• Tim Berners-Lee was born 1 year after James Cameron
• Tim Berners-Lee was born 1 year before William Daniel Hillis

Timeline

1. James CameronAugust 16, 1954 – present
2. Andy BechtolsheimSeptember 30, 1955 – present
3. James GoslingMay 19, 1955 – present
4. Steve JobsFebruary 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011
5. Tim Berners-Lee (this page)June 8, 1955 – present
6. William Daniel HillisSeptember 25, 1956 – present

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