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'''Sir Timothy (Tim) Berners-Lee''', KBE, is a [[United Kingdom|British]] software developer who was the primary inventor of the [[World Wide Web]]. In 2004 he was knighted for his services to the global development of the Internet.
Whilst working at [[CERN]] (a [[particle physics]] laboratory in [[Switzerland]]) in 1990, Berners-Lee came up with the idea of using the [[Internet]] to link [[hypertext]] documents. He designed the first web browser and web server, and in 1991 CERN created the world's first website. Berners-Lee has remained an active participant in World Wide Web development ever since. He now lives in the [[United States]] and is the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium.
Berners-Lee is the author of "Weaving the Web".
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''And if there ever was a thing that was made by committee, the Internet — with its protocols and packet switching — is it. But the World Wide Web is Berners-Lee's alone. He designed it. He loosed it on the world. And he more than anyone else has fought to keep it open, nonproprietary and free.''<ref>http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/bernerslee.html</ref>
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==Honors==
On March 18, 2013, Berners-Lee, along with Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn, Louis Pouzin and Marc Andreesen, was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for "ground-breaking innovation in engineering that has been of global benefit to humanity."
In 2014, Berners-Lee received a $500,000 prize for being honored with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Foundation Knowledge Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/nationgeneral/2014/December/nationgeneral_December56.xml§ion=nationgeneral|title=Web inventor, Wiki co-founder share $1m Knowledge Award|work=Khaleej Times|first=Muaz |last=Shabandri|date=8 December 2014
|accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref>
==Net Neutrality==
Berners-Lee is a proponent of [[net neutrality]].<ref>[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/tim-berners-lee-web-creator-defends-net-neutrality/?_r=0]</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/ Official site at W3C]
*[http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/berners-lee.htm Facts about Tim Berners-Lee inventor of the World Wide Web in 1991.]
*[http://foundationbios.com/tim-berners-lee/ Tim Berners-Lee bio]
[[Category:Inventors|Berners-Lee, Tim]]