Lawrence Roberts
Lawrence Gilman Roberts | |
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 Roberts in 2017 | |
| Born | December 21, 1937 Connecticut, United States |
| Died | December 26, 2018 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Founding father of the Internet |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Lincoln Lab, ARPA, Telenet |
| Influences | J. C. R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland |
| Website | packet |
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Lawrence G. Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018)[4] was an American scientist. He won the Draper Prize in 2001 "for the development of the Internet",[5] and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002.
Roberts created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies.[6][7] The ARPANET was a forerunner to the modern Internet.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Lawrence Gilman Roberts". World of Computer Science (fee, via Fairfax County Public Library). Gale. 2006. Gale Document Number GALE|K2424100099. Retrieved 2013-01-16. Gale Biography In Context (subscription required)
- ↑ "Big achievements included room-size computers". MIT News. May 21, 2003. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ↑ "Lawrence G. Roberts: 1990 W. Wallace McDowell Award Recipient". IEEE Computer Society. Archived from the original on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ↑ Dr. Larry Roberts, Internet Pioneer, is dead.
- ↑ "Draper Prize Honors Four 'Fathers of the Internet'". Wall Street Journal. February 12, 2001. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Donald W. Davies, 75, Dies; Helped Refine Data Networks". New York Times. 4 June 2000. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ Abbate, Jane (2000). Inventing the Internet. MIT Press. p. 38. ISBN 0262261332.
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