# Tim Berners-Lee is Knighted

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**Created:** [January 3, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tim-berners-lee-is-knighted/39121 "2004-01-03T18:59:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tim-berners-lee-is-knighted/39121/1 "2004-01-03T18:59:15Z")

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[http://www.w3.org/](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? 😉

[http://www.w3.org/2003/12/timbl\_knighted.html.en](http://www.w3.org/2003/12/timbl_knighted.html.en)