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Birth
Tim Berners-Lee born in London to two computer engineers/computer scientists. His parents both worked on the Ferranti Mark 1, the first commercially available computer. Their job and their support for his education were what made him have ideas for the World Wide Web. -
Secondary Schooling
Starts secondary schooling at South West Emanuel School in London. This was crucial to his early education and interests in science, technology and mathematics. -
University
Finishes secondary schooling at Emanuel School and enrols in Oxford College’s prestigious Queen’s College. Queen’s College is very prestigious and has seen fellow great alumni including Edwin Hubble, Rowan Atkinson, Tony Abbott and Henry V of England since its establishment in 1341. This school was very influential in sparking Berners-Lee's passion and helping him learn about it. -
CERN
Begins working at CERN and writes the early forms of a program named Enquire that is made to communicate information, data and research easier. This would soon become the early forms of the World Wide Web. -
Leaving CERN
Leaves CERN and starts working at Image Computer Systems where they become somewhat popular and the company grows. John Poole, the company manager and friend of Berners-Lee, credits Berners-Lee on the growth. This job helped Berners-Lee learn more about computers and the new modern ones. -
Return to CERN
Goes back to work at CERN and accepts a PC as a gift from John Poole. This PC would last Berners-Lee a while before he was given a NeXT computer by Mike Sendell (Berners-Lee's supervisor). -
WWW
The first real idea on the real World Wide Web in a paper written by Berners-Lee and the idea and paper is given to his boss, Mike Sendell. Sendell does not understand the concept at first but eventually understands the idea and allows Berners-Lee to continue working on the project. -
Release of WWW
The World Wide Web goes live on the small NeXT computer that he was given to use at CERN. -
Knighted
Berners-Lee knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to technology, the internet and the World Wide Web. This would be one of his greatest achievements along with the Turing Award. -
Olympics
Opens the 2012 London Olympics with a tweet to the whole world on a small NeXT computer similar to the one used to develop the World Wide Web. He tweets “This is for everyone.” This message was ringing around the whole stadium and was viewed by over 900 million. -
Turing Award
Tim Berners-Lee receives a Turing Award for his innovations and contributions to computing. Turing Award is also known as “The Nobel Prize of Computing”. It is also the highest distinction/award you could receive in science regarding computers.
