Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist
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| 2022 | Awarded the Seoul Peace Prize for inventing the World Wide Web, supporting policies to address unequal Internet access, and aiming to decentralize user data with the Solid project |
| June 23 2021 | The web's source code was auctioned by Sotheby's in London as a non-fungible token (NFT) by Tim Berners-Lee, selling for US$5,434,500. |
| June 23 2021 | The web's source code was auctioned by Sotheby's in London as a non-fungible token (NFT) by Tim Berners-Lee, selling for US$5,434,500. |
| November 2019 | Launched the Contract for the Web campaign at the Internet Governance Forum in Berlin to prevent misuse of the web. |
| November 2019 | Launched the Contract for the Web campaign at the Internet Governance Forum in Berlin to prevent misuse of the web. |
| September 30 2018 | Announced his open-source startup Inrupt to fuel the Solid project, aimed at giving users more control over their personal data. |
| September 30 2018 | Announced his open-source startup Inrupt to fuel the Solid project, aimed at giving users more control over their personal data. |
| 2016 | Receives the Turing Award 'for inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale'. |
| 2016 | Receives the Turing Award 'for inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale'. |
| October 2016 | Joined the Department of Computer Science at Oxford University as a professorial research fellow. |
| October 2016 | Joined the Department of Computer Science at Oxford University as a professorial research fellow. |
| February 8 2016 | Received the John Maynard Keynes Prize in Zurich, Switzerland |
| February 4 2015 | Decree signed for receiving the Order of Merit, a highly prestigious personal award from the British monarch. |
| 2014 | Berners-Lee married Rosemary Leith at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace in London. Leith is a Canadian Internet and banking entrepreneur and a founding director of Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation. |
| 2014 | Berners-Lee married Rosemary Leith at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace in London. Leith is a Canadian Internet and banking entrepreneur and a founding director of Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation. |
| October 2013 | Launched the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) to make Internet access more affordable in developing countries. |
| October 2013 | Launched the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) to make Internet access more affordable in developing countries. |
| 2012 | Co-founded the Open Data Institute with Nigel Shadbolt and was honored as the 'Inventor of the World Wide Web' during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. |
| 2012 | Co-founded the Open Data Institute with Nigel Shadbolt and was honored as the 'Inventor of the World Wide Web' during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. |
| 2011 | Named as a member of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation. |
| 2011 | Berners-Lee divorced Nancy Carlson after having two children together. |
| 2011 | Berners-Lee divorced Nancy Carlson after having two children together. |
| 2011 | Named as a member of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation. |
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