Tim Berners-Lee, a knight of the World Wide Web

4 January 2004

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web, is to be knighted:

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), will be made a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth. This was announced earlier today by Buckingham Palace as part of the 2004 New Year’s Honours list.

More much deserved recognition for someone who changed the way we communicate and share information.

Originally published Sunday 4 January 2004.