Berners - Lee & Leibniz 

Overview

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, the HTML markup language, the URL system, and HTTP.

Born: June 8, 1955 (age 69 years), London, United Kingdom

Awards: The President's Medal, Turing Award · See more

Education: The Queen's College (1973–1976), Emanuel School (1969–1973), Sheen Mount Primary School

Children: 2 children; 3 step-children

Parents: Mary Lee Woods, Conway Berners-Lee

Siblings: Mike Berners-Lee

Spouse: Rosemary Leith (m. 2014), Nancy Carlson (m. 1990–2011)

Overview

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who is credited, alongside Sir Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic and statistics. 

Born: July 1, 1646, Leipzig, Germany

Died: November 14, 1716 (age 70 years), Hanover, Germany

Influenced by: René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Aristotle · See more

Influenced: Immanuel Kant, Leonhard Euler · See more

Education: University of Altdorf (1666–1667), Leipzig University (1661–1666), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (1663–1663)

Parents: Friedrich Leibniz, Catharina Schmuck