Richard Stallman

By TrevorR

  • Born

  • Started working at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT

  • Earned Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Harvard

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    Graduate Student in Physics at MIT

  • Wrote First Extensible Emacs Text Editor

  • Began working on the GNU Project

  • GNU Manifesto Written

  • Created the Free Software Foundation

  • Honorary Lifetime Membership in Chalmers Computer Society

  • Awarded a MacArthur Fellowship

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award

  • Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award

  • Published "The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource"

  • Fondazione Pistoletto prize

  • Inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame