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The New Elizabethans: Tim Berners-Lee

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29/08/2012

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The inventor of the World Wide Web and unlikely hero of the Olympic opening ceremony.

James Naughtie considers the inventor of the World Wide Web and unlikely hero of the Olympic opening ceremony. A key figure in the digital revolution.

The New Elizabethans: Jim Naughtie on Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and unlikely hero of the Olympic opening ceremony. Berners-Lee is a key figure in the digital revolution that has re-fashioned social lives, working practices and the flow of information around the globe. 

The New Elizabethans have been chosen by a panel of leading historians, chaired by Lord (Tony) Hall, Chief Executive of London's Royal Opera House. The panellists were Dominic Sandbrook, Bamber Gascoigne, Sally Alexander, Jonathan Agar, Maria Misra and Sir Max Hastings.

They were asked to choose: "Men and women whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and/or given the age its character, for better or worse."

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Presenter  James Naughtie.

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