Britain's Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the Order of Merit to the creator of the world wide web (www) Sir Timothy Berners-Lee. Similarly, Buckingham palace news release distributed by Government News Network yesterday (13 / 6). This Award is the most prestigious awards in the UK.
The Order of Merit was first held by King Edward VII in 1902. This award is given specifically to individuals honored for their service which is extraordinary in the arts, science and various other fields. Order of Merit recipients are appointed directly by the ruler of the kingdom of England as a personal gift giving, so do not need advice or consideration from the government or other parties.
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| Sir Timothy Berners-Lee OM |
Thus, now Sir Tim joined the elite group receiving the highest award the British empire and the right to use the
initials OM behind his name. Noted the Order of Merit award recipients include Sir Winston Churchill, Mother Teresa, Bertrand Russell, Florence Nightingale and Baroness Thatcher.
Earlier in 2004, Sir Tim also received his knighthood from the queen of England Greatest Britons. British scientists found the system address, web layout, link and browse the web pages in Switzerland in 1991. This discovery had revolutionized global communications. He made the hypertext program while working at CERN, Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva. Code created to facilitate the scientists work-sharing research and information in a computer network at first time.
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| PC NeXTcube used Sir Tim as the first web server at www |
Sir Tim currently serves as director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston where he worked as an academic.
Profile of the inventor of the www is full you can see in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee
