Father of the Internet

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London, England. Berners-Lee is a British engineer and computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web.

He first proposed the WWW in March of 1989. When no one adopted his idea he decided to create it himself. On 25 December 1990, with the help of a young student at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research he implemented the first successful communication between an http client and a server via the Internet.

Tim Berners-Lee is currently the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organization that oversees the Web's continued development.

In June of 2009 Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Berners-Lee will work with the UK Government to help make data more open and accessible on the Web, building on the work of the Power of Information Task Force.

He was also one of the pioneer voices in favor of Net Neutrality and supports that no one should not control or monitor customers browsing activities without their consent.

Berners-Lee is one of the most well-recognized names in this technologically advanced world. He truly represents the country of his homeland and the prestige of the citizens in England.