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Outbyte Driver Updater FREEScan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →Outbyte PC Repair FREEClear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsFree Scan →Yes. Queen Elizabeth II formally invested Tim Berners-Lee as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) at Buckingham Palace on 16 July 2004. The honour recognized his services to the global development of the Internet through his invention of the World Wide Web.
What honour did Tim Berners-Lee receive?
Berners-Lee received the rank of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, abbreviated KBE. The contemporaneous W3C announcement of the investiture describes Knight Commander as the Order’s second most senior rank.
The stated reason was his service to the global development of the Internet through the World Wide Web. The Web and the Internet are related, but they are not interchangeable terms: W3C described the Web as a system for organizing, linking and browsing pages on the Internet.
When was he knighted?
The honour was announced at the end of December 2003 as part of the 2004 New Year Honours list. The formal investiture took place several months later, on 16 July 2004, at Buckingham Palace in London. W3C reported the announcement on 31 December 2003 and the ceremony on 16 July 2004.
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What did Berners-Lee say about the honour?
In W3C’s report on the ceremony, Berners-Lee said, “I am humbled by this great honor.” He also emphasized the Web’s collaborative origins: “The Web came about through an ongoing collaboration with my fellow inventors and developers worldwide. Everyone in the Internet community should be recognized by this honor.”
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Where can I read more about the Web’s origins?
MIT News’s 14 January 2004 report on the honour mentions Berners-Lee’s book Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web, which it describes as covering the Web’s birth and evolution.
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