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Also Known As Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Born June 8, 1955 (age 71) • London • England
Founder World Wide Web Consortium
Inventions World Wide Web • World Wide Web

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British scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 2014, wearing a light blue shirt and dark jacket, shown from the shoulders up against a blurred background.
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee smiles outdoors in a close-up portrait, wearing a gray suit, blue shirt, and patterned tie, with greenery softly blurred in the background.
Tim Berners-Lee
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Computer interface pioneer Douglas EngelbartEngelbart holding a video conference on the right side of the computer screen while working on a document with a remote collaborator during a 1968 computer conference in San Francisco, California.
Douglas Engelbart
American inventor
Bill Gates smiling and wearing glasses, a dark suit, a pale shirt, and a patterned tie.
Bill Gates
American computer programmer and entrepreneur
Vinton Gray Cerf
Vinton Cerf
American computer scientist
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Robert Kahn
American computer scientist
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, creators of the online search engine Google
Sergey Brin
American entrepreneur
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, creators of the online search engine Google
Larry Page
American computer scientist and entrepreneur
Alan Turing
Alan Turing
British mathematician and logician
Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
British engineer and inventor
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
British inventor and mathematician
George Cayley, detail of an oil painting by Henry Perronet Briggs, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir George Cayley
British inventor and scientist
John Frederic Daniell, undated engraving
John Frederic Daniell
British chemist
Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright
Sir Richard Arkwright
British industrialist and inventor
James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British chemist and physicist
Nicholson, William
William Nicholson
English chemist and inventor
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Charles Chubb
British inventor
Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone
British physicist
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Thomas Godfrey
British-American colonial artisan, inventor, and mathematician
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Richard Roberts
British inventor
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John Hadley
British mathematician
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Sir William Fothergill Cooke
British inventor

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