Pioneers

Robert Cailliau

Computer Networking

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Computing Atlas. "Robert Cailliau." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/robert-cailliau.

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Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Robert Cailliau. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/robert-cailliau

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@misc{computingatlas-robert-cailliau,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Robert Cailliau},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/robert-cailliau},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Birth Year

1947 1

Birth Date

1947-01-26 1

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1. Wikipedia: Robert Cailliau

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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.

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26 January 1947

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