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Tim Berners-Lee (Q80)

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English computer scientist (born 1955)
  • Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee
  • Timothy John Berners-Lee
  • TimBL
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Tim Berners-Lee
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Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
  • Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee
  • Timothy John Berners-Lee
  • TimBL

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point in time
2024
media legend
Tim Berners-Lee in 2024 (English)
Tim Berners-Lee i 2024 (Norwegian Bokmål)
Tim Berners-Lee i 2024 (Norwegian Nynorsk)
2024年のティム・バーナーズ＝リー (Japanese)
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name in native language
Tim Berners-Lee (English)
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birth name
Timothy John Berners-Lee (English)
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father
Conway Berners-Lee
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mother
Mary Lee Woods
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native language
English
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writing language
English
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honorific prefix
Sir
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residence
Concord
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work location
CERN
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affiliation string
World Wide Web Foundation
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stated in
Davos 2013 Participant List
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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stated in
Davos 2019 Participant List
participant in
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014
subject named as
Tim Berners-Lee
1 reference
stated in
Davos 2014 Participant List
object stated in reference as
Tim Berners-Lee - Professor of Engineering - MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013
subject named as
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
1 reference
stated in
Davos 2013 Participant List
object stated in reference as
Sir Tim Berners-Lee - Director - World Wide Web Foundation
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015
subject named as
Tim Berners-Lee
1 reference
stated in
Davos 2015 Participant List
object stated in reference as
Tim Berners-Lee - Professor of Engineering - MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016
subject named as
Tim Berners-Lee
1 reference
stated in
Davos 2016 Participant List
object stated in reference as
Tim Berners-Lee - Professor of Engineering - MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017
subject named as
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
1 reference
stated in
Davos 2017 Participant List
object stated in reference as
Sir Tim Berners-Lee - Professor of Engineering - MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019
subject named as
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
1 reference
stated in
Davos 2019 Participant List
object stated in reference as
Sir Tim Berners-Lee - Professor of Engineering - MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
award received
W. Wallace McDowell Award
point in time
1996
award rationale
For innovative invention of the World Wide Web, which extends hypertext to distributed information, which has brought about a revolutionary transformation in the use of computers and networks. (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.computer.org/volunteering/awards/mcdowell
title
W. Wallace McDowell Award (English)
publication date
6 April 2018
language of work or name
English
retrieved
15 January 2026
Japan Prize
point in time
2001
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Quadriga
point in time
2005
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Charles Stark Draper Prize
point in time
2007
award rationale
for developing the World Wide Web (English)
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Royal Medal
point in time
2000
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Mountbatten Medal
point in time
1996
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Marconi Prize
point in time
2002
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Turing Award
point in time
2016
award rationale
For inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale. (English)
3 references
reference URL
https://awards.acm.org/about/2016-turing
title
Sir Tim Berners-Lee recieves 2016 ACM AM Turing Award (English)
language of work or name
English
retrieved
15 January 2026
reference URL
https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/berners-lee_8087960.cfm
title
Sir Tim Berners-Lee - A.M. Turing Award Laureate (English)
retrieved
15 January 2026
reference URL
https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/berners-lee_8087960#140
title
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (English)
language of work or name
English
retrieved
15 January 2026
Obedience Award
point in time
2017
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.defectivebydesign.org/tim-berners-lee-receives-obedience-award
title
Tim Berners-Lee receives Obedience Award for deference to pro-DRM corporations (English)
language of work or name
English
retrieved
15 January 2026
Order of Merit
point in time
13 June 2007
2 references
reference URL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6750395.stm
title
Web inventor gets Queen's honour (British English)
retrieved
2 February 2023
publication date
13 June 2007
language of work or name
British English
publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
quotation
The inventor of the world wide web has been awarded the Order of Merit, one of the UK's most prestigious honours. (British English)
reference URL
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-58379-288694
language of work or name
British English
title
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood (British English)
retrieved
15 January 2026
Lovelace Medal
point in time
2006
2 references
stated in
Computer Weekly
reference URL
https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/BCS-honours-inventor-of-the-web-and-computer-imaging-pioneer
title
BCS honours inventor of the web and computer imaging pioneer: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium, is to be awarded the BCS Lovelace Medal in recognition of his contribution to the development of IT. (British English)
author name string
Justin Richards
publication date
May 2006
retrieved
17 April 2019
reference URL
https://www.bcs.org/more/awards-and-competitions/lovelace-medal/
title
Lovelace Medal | BCS (English)
language of work or name
English
quotation
"Established in 1998, and administered by the BCS Academy of Computing’s awards committee, the Lovelace Medal is the top award in computing in the UK. Previous winners include worldwide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, [...]" (British English)
retrieved
17 April 2019
ACM Software System Award
point in time
1995
together with
Robert Cailliau
for work
World Wide Web
award rationale
For developing a network-oriented hypermedia system capable of operating over the global internet. (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/berners-lee_8087960#149
title
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (English)
language of work or name
English
retrieved
15 January 2026
Albert Medal
point in time
2002
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honorary doctor of the Open University of Catalonia
point in time
2008
1 reference
reference URL
http://www.uoc.edu/hc/berners-lee/cat/index.html
title
Honoris causa: Sir Timothy Berners-Lee - UOC (English)
retrieved
15 January 2026
President's Medal
point in time
2006
award rationale
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of the World Wide Web. (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.iop.org/about/awards/presidents-medal-recipients
title
President’s medal recipients (English)
language of work or name
English
retrieved
15 January 2026
stated in
Institute of Physics
ACM Fellow
point in time
2023
announcement date
24 January 2024
award rationale
For inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.acm.org/media-center/2024/january/fellows-2023
title
2023 ACM Fellows Celebrated for Contributions to Computing Which Underpin Our Daily Lives (English)
language of work or name
English
retrieved
24 June 2024
social media followers
342,419
X (Twitter) numeric user ID
84351228
point in time
3 January 2021
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342,206
X (Twitter) numeric user ID
84351228
point in time
1 May 2020
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348,679
X (Twitter) numeric user ID
84351228
point in time
28 February 2022
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355,205
X (Twitter) numeric user ID
84351228
point in time
4 February 2023
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328,217
X (Twitter) numeric user ID
84351228
point in time
10 April 2025
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Commons category
Tim Berners-Lee
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GitHub account
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Golden ID
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stated in
Golden
retrieved
10 September 2022
Goodreads author ID
428754
point in time
27 September 2020
subject named as
Tim Berners-Lee
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ResearchGate profile ID
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Tim-Berners-Lee
1 reference
stated in
ResearchGate
title
Tim BERNERS-LEE | Professor | Bachelor of Arts | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA | MIT | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (English)
retrieved
6 November 2022
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Techopedia ID
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TMDB person ID
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UOM ID
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WikiTree person ID
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subject named as
Sir Timothy J. Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS (1950s - living)
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