Who is Tim Berners-Lee?

 Tim Berners-Lees is an English computer scientist who is best known as the creator and inventor of the World Wide Web. I've already discussed the different between the internet and the World Wide Web and a common misconception is that he created the internet, when in actual fact he didn't.

So how did he do it?

The proposal for an information management system was first brought forward by Tim Berners-Lee in March 1989 but didn't actually come to completion until later in the year, in November. What Tim did was establish a successful communication between a HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and server via the Internet. This breakthrough spawned and created the World Wide Web that we know today.

What happened after the creation of the World Wide Web?

Because of Tim's work, he was knighted in 2004 by Queen Elizabeth II and since received other awards/honours including being elected as a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences.

Now in recent years, Tim launched what's called the Alliance for Affordable Internet, this is a coalition of public and private organisations that seeks to make internet access more affordable for people all across the world. This in turn will decrease internet access prices as well as broaden the developing world so more people can have access to the large of information the internet harnesses.