Lawrence Roberts

Lawrence Gilman Roberts
Lawrence Gilman Roberts
	Roberts in 2017
Born	December 21, 1937; Connecticut, United States
Died	December 26, 2018 (aged 81); Redwood City, California
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for	Founding father of the Internet
Awards	IEEE Computer Pioneer Award; IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace McDowell Award; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGCOMM Communications Award; Harry Goode Memorial Award; International Engineering Consortium Fellow award, 2001; Charles Stark Draper Prize of the National Academy of Engineers; Principe de Asturias Award, 2002; Secretary of Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Interface Conference Award; L.M. Ericsson prize for research in data communications, 1982;
	Scientific career
Institutions	Lincoln Lab, ARPA, Telenet
Influences	J. C. R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland
Website	packet.cc
Notes

Lawrence G. Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018)^[4] was an American scientist. He won the Draper Prize in 2001 "for the development of the Internet",^[5] and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002.

Roberts created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies.^[6]^[7] The ARPANET was a forerunner to the modern Internet.

References

↑ "Lawrence Gilman Roberts". World of Computer Science (fee, via Fairfax County Public Library). Gale. 2006. Gale Document Number GALE|K2424100099. Retrieved 2013-01-16. Gale Biography In Context (subscription required)
↑ "Big achievements included room-size computers". MIT News. May 21, 2003. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
↑ "Lawrence G. Roberts: 1990 W. Wallace McDowell Award Recipient". IEEE Computer Society. Archived from the original on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
↑ Dr. Larry Roberts, Internet Pioneer, is dead.
↑ "Draper Prize Honors Four 'Fathers of the Internet'". Wall Street Journal. February 12, 2001. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
↑ "Donald W. Davies, 75, Dies; Helped Refine Data Networks". New York Times. 4 June 2000. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
↑ Abbate, Jane (2000). Inventing the Internet. MIT Press. p. 38. ISBN 0262261332.

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[1] "Lawrence Gilman Roberts". World of Computer Science (fee, via Fairfax County Public Library). Gale. 2006. Gale Document Number GALE|K2424100099. Retrieved 2013-01-16. Gale Biography In Context (subscription required)

[2] "Big achievements included room-size computers". MIT News. May 21, 2003. Retrieved 2013-01-16.

[1990award-3] "Lawrence G. Roberts: 1990 W. Wallace McDowell Award Recipient". IEEE Computer Society. Archived from the original on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-16.

[4] Dr. Larry Roberts, Internet Pioneer, is dead.

[5] "Draper Prize Honors Four 'Fathers of the Internet'". Wall Street Journal. February 12, 2001. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[6] "Donald W. Davies, 75, Dies; Helped Refine Data Networks". New York Times. 4 June 2000. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

[Abbate2000-7] Abbate, Jane (2000). Inventing the Internet. MIT Press. p. 38. ISBN 0262261332.

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