Ahem, that's Knight Commander to you
12/31/2003
As if being inventor of the Internet weren't enough of a title,
Timothy John Berners-Lee of Cambridge will be honored by
Queen Elizabeth II as Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire, in "recognition of his services to the global development of the Internet," according to the 2004 New Year's Honours List to be released today by Buckingham Palace. It is the second highest rank in the Order of the British Empire, one of the Orders of Chivalry awarded by the queen.
Her Majesty will also recognize three others with area connections: Museum of Fine Arts director Malcolm Rogers will be made a Commander, Order of the British Empire; Gordon Cameron, president of Acambis of Cambridge, will be recognized as an Officer, Order of the British Empire; and Kathleen Tunsley, vice counsul for management and consular affairs of the British Consulate-General, will be made a Member, Order of the British Empire.
The four will receive their honors -- rather honours -- at Buckingham Palace in ceremonies next year.
Berners-Lee holds the 3Com Founders Chair at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In 1994, he founded the World Wide Web Consortium at MIT and has since served as its director. Berners-Lee graduated from Oxford in 1976.
Rogers, educated at Oxford, is being recognized for service to the arts both in the United Kingdom and the United States. Cameron, the head of Acambis, manufacturer of a smallpox vaccine, is being honored for his work with the British biotechnology industry in the United States. And Tunsley is being cited for her service to the consulate and charitable service to the British community in New England.
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