Lawrence Roberts

Lawrence G. Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018)Dr. Larry Roberts, Internet Pioneer, is dead. was an American scientist. He won the Draper Prize in 2001 "for the development of the Internet", and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002.

Roberts created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies. The ARPANET was a forerunner to the modern Internet.

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