The beginning of the Web

Only fifteen years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee released files describing his idea for the 'World Wide Web'.

Berners-Lee (now Sir Tim; b. 1955) is the London-born scientist who invented the World Wide Web, and head of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development.

The first web site Berners-Lee built (and therefore the first web site) was at http://info.cern.ch/info.cern.ch and was first put online on August 6, 1991.

He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the UK on July 16, 2004 ...

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