Timothy Berners-Lee

Birth: June 8th, 1955

Death: Still living, he is 70 years old

Accolades:

• Knighted in 2004
• Many scholarly positions across England
• He has many awards from across the world, ranging from the Marconi Prize to the Presidential Medal and the MacArthur Fellowship

Contributions to Computer Science:

Tim Berners-Lee is best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He created HTML, URL, and HTTP. His work had made it possible for people to easily share and access information online.

Sources:

• https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee
• https://equant.org/articles/sir-tim-berners-lee
• https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/tim-berners

Vinton Cerf

Birth: June 23rd, 1943

Death: Still living, he is 82 years old

Accolades:

• Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995
• He developed the architecture of the Internet as well as its protocol

Contributions to Computer Science:

Vinton Cerf is known as one of the fathers of the Internet. He created the TCP/IP protocols and essintially founded how data travels across the Internet. He layed the foundation for the modern global network.

• https://www.internethalloffame.org/vint-cerf
• https://abilitymagazine.com/vint-cerf-the-father-of-the-internet
• https://www.invent.org/inductees/vinton-g-cerf