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Robert Cailliau

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Robert Cailliau is a Belgian informatics engineer who proposed the first pre-web hypertext system for CERN in 1987 and collaborated with Tim Berners-Lee on the World Wide Web, jointly winning the ACM Software System Award, from before it got its name. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1947 1
Birth Date
1947-01-26 1
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Gouden Penning 2
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Commander of the Order of Leopold 2
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Christophe Plantin Prize 2
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Honorary doctor of the University of Liège 2
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Honorary doctors of Ghent University 2
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Internet Hall of Fame 2
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ACM Software System Award 2
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Web Science, Fields
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Nationality

Belgium

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Robert Cailliau
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  • Lead section
    Robert Cailliau (French pronunciation: [kajo]; born 26 January 1947) is a Belgian informatics engineer who proposed the first (pre-www) hypertext system for CERN in 1987 and collaborated with Tim Berners-Lee on the World Wide Web (jointly winning the ACM Software System Award) from before it got its name.
  • Infobox, Born
    26 January 1947
  • In Field: Web Science, Lead paragraph
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2. Wikidata: Robert Cailliau
Wikidata Q92749, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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