Tim Berners Lee

Tim Berners Lee(Timbo) is a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web(WWW). 'Timbo' enabled a system to be able to view web pages i.e. hypertext documents via the internet. He serves as a director of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that overseas standards for the internet & world wide web! Berners-Lee is known for his concerns about issues relating to freedom of information & the censorship on the internet.


Timeline of Events

1955: Born to parents Conway Berners Lee and Mary Lee Woods in London England
1963 to 1973: Attended Emanual School at London
1973 to 1976: Graduated from the Queens College, Oxford University England where he received a 1st class degree in physics
1980: Contracted at CERN as a software consultant where he created the idea of sharing ideas quickly via a system called `Enquire`
1981: Commenced a new job in computer networking called John Pooles image computer systems
1984: Returned to CERN with a permanent position
1989: Tim noted he could join a company called CERN - the largest internet node in Europe
1991: First Website First website was built at CERN and put online on the 6th August.
1994: Became 1 of 6 members founding the `World Wide Web` aimed to improve the standards and allow anyone to be able to access the web freely.
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Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

—Tim Berners Lee, W3C