Tim Berners-Lee is Knighted

http://www.w3.org/ – 31 December 2003 – Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), will be made a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth. This was announced earlier today by Buckingham Palace as part of the 2004 New Year’s Honours list.

Great, no? :wink:

http://www.w3.org/2003/12/timbl_knighted.html.en