Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist, who is best known for being the inventor of the World Wide Web. Oh no wait, that’s not funny at all. How about this - he’s also the unofficial inventor of the clickbait article title. You know the ones that say – “This man created the World Wide Web, and you won’t believe what he did next!”. Thanks, Tim.

Born in London in 1955, Berners-Lee was the son of two mathematicians who probably knew even less about computers than your grandparents. In fact, it wasn’t until he was at university in Oxford that he even came close to touching a computer. Apparently, it was love at first sight.

After graduating from Oxford, Berners-Lee moved to Switzerland to work at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). It was here that he began dreaming up the concept of the World Wide Web. Ever the inventor, he didn’t stop at that. He also created the first Web browser AND the first Web server. Talk about an over-achiever.

But don’t let these impressive achievements fool you. Berners-Lee also has a sense of humor. His Twitter bio reads “Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. Principal architect of the World Wide Web. A large carbon-based bipedal life-form”. We see what you did there, Tim.

In 2012, Berners-Lee was even honored with a spot in the London Olympics Opening Ceremony. Yep, you guessed it – in the section representing the invention of the Internet. We can only imagine how happy he was to finally be included in a sporting event.

So there you have it, folks. Tim Berners-Lee – the man who changed the world with a few lines of code and a whole lot of vision. And who knows, maybe he’s reading this article right now (hi Tim!).