List of awards and honours received by Tim Berners-Lee

Berners-Lee receives the Freedom of the City of London, at the Guildhall, in 2014

Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA, DFBCS (born 8 June 1955), also known as "TimBL", the inventor of the World Wide Web, has received a number of awards and honours.

Awards

National honours

  • 1997 (1997): Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to global computer networking".
  • 2004 (2004): Promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the New Year Honours "for services to the global development of the Internet". Formally invested on 16 July 2004.
  • 13 June 2007 (2007-06-13): Appointed a member of the Order of Merit (OM), an order restricted to 24 (living) members. (The Order of Merit is within the personal gift of The Queen, and does not require recommendation by ministers or the Prime Minister)
  • 3 December 2012 (2012-12-03): The Sultan Qaboos Order for Culture, Science and Arts (First Class), conferred by The Sultan of Oman
  • 27 September 2015 (2015-09-27): Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (Class I) (decree signed on 4 February 2015).


Tim Berners Lee has received two awards of which the date are unknown. These are:


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