7 The 100 Most Influential Inventors of All Time 7

The computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee wrote the software for the fi rst

web server and is often credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web.

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In 2006 Wozniak published his autobiography, iWoz:

Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal

Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It.

Tim Berners-Lee

(b. June 8, 1955, London, Eng.)

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nglish computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee is generally

credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web. In

2004 he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II

of the United Kingdom and the inaugural Millennium

Technology Prize (€1 million) by the Finnish Technology

Award Foundation.