Richard Stallman

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  • Richard Stallman born

    Richard Stallman born
    Richard stallman was born on March 16, 1953 making him 64 years old. He was born in New York City, New York where he was raised by his parents Alice and Daniel.

  • attended Harvard University

    attended Harvard University
    Stallman started school at Harvard as a first year student the fall of 1970 where he excelled in math and was "happy for the first time in my (his) life."

  • became a programmer at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

    became a programmer at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
    Stallman gained knowledge and recognition as a hacker by joining the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory program.

  • received a bachelors degree from Harvard University

    received a bachelors degree from Harvard University
    Stallman received a bachelors degree in physics

  • MIT graduate student

    MIT graduate student
    in the fall of 1974 Richard Stallman attended MIT for graduate school as a physics student.

  • wrote the first Emacs text editor

    wrote the first Emacs text editor
    Stallman wrote the first Emacs text editor while working at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT

  • Announces plans to develop the GNU operating system

    Announces plans to develop the GNU operating system
    Stallman announces the GNU operating system to develop. this was the start of the Free Software Movement.

  • Stallman resigns from MIT employment

    Stallman resigns from MIT employment
    Stallman resigns from MIT to start working on the GNU operating system

  • Begins working on GNU operating system

    Begins working on GNU operating system
    Stallman begins development of GNU operating system

  • Stallman starts the Free Software Foundation

    Stallman starts the Free Software Foundation
    Stallman starts and becomes president of the Free Software Foundation.

  • Wrote the GNU manifesto

    Wrote the GNU manifesto

  • Honorary life time membership in the Chalmers Computer Society award

    Honorary life time membership in the Chalmers Computer Society award

  • MacAuthur Foundation Fellowship award

    MacAuthur Foundation Fellowship award

  • The Association for Computing Machinery's Grace Murray Hopper Award

    The Association for Computing Machinery's Grace Murray Hopper Award

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award

    Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award

  • Stallman develops free-on-line encyclopedia

    Stallman develops free-on-line encyclopedia
    a free-on-line encyclopedia allows the public to contribute articles to the encyclopedia

  • Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award

    Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award

  • The Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award for social/economic well-being

    The Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award for social/economic well-being

  • interviewed/profiled in the documentary "Revolution OS"

    interviewed/profiled in the documentary "Revolution OS"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9WaI6lZBSU
    watch trailer for documentary here

  • United States Nation Academy of Engineering membership Award

    United States Nation Academy of Engineering membership Award

  • Fondazione Pistoletto Prize

    Fondazione Pistoletto Prize

  • First Premio Internacional Extremadura al Conocimiento Libre award

    First Premio Internacional Extremadura al Conocimiento Libre award

  • Inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame

    Inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame

  • The Association for Computing Machinery's Software and Systems Award

    The Association for Computing Machinery's Software and Systems Award