Tim Berners-Lee
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CERN identifies Tim Berners-Lee as the inventor of the World Wide Web in 1989. His W3C biography describes the same work, followed by the first web client and server in 1990.
CERN W3CA documented education and appointment
Oxford records a physics degree in 1976 and his return to its Department of Computer Science in 2016. These are dated career facts; an old appointment article alone does not establish a current role.
University of OxfordStandards and control over data
His W3C biography lists him as W3C's founder and emeritus director, and Inrupt's co-founder and CTO. It describes Solid as an effort to give people more control of their data. These roles reflect the biography as reviewed, rather than an independently verified employment record.
W3CRecognition tied to specific work
MIT reported his Turing Award in April 2017, linking it to the invention of the Web, the first browser, and the technologies that enabled the Web to grow.
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Oxford documents his 1976 degree. CERN places his invention of the Web in 1989. Oxford's 2016 announcement then describes his return to its Computer Science department. These records establish several milestones, rather than a complete employment history.
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