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Ian Hickson

Swiss scholar
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12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1953
Place of birth
Geneva
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[5]
Occupation
programmer, computer scientist
Employer
Netscape, Opera, Google[6][7][8]
Educated at
University of Bath[9]
Official website
www.hixie.ch[14]
Family name
Hickson[12]
Given name
Ian[13]
Member of
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ian Hickson en Ian "Hixie" Hickson cs Hixie de Hixie ru Hixie ru Хиксон, Ян ru Ян Хиксон zh 伊恩·希克森
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ian Hickson at CSS Working Group Meeting Day Three.jpeg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/04gtn82
GitHub account
Hixie
Official blog URL
ln.hixie.ch

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Employer 3
Google, Netscape, Opera
Occupation 3
programmer, computer scientist, software engineer
Place of birth 2
Geneva, Geneva
← Developer 2
Flutter, Mozbot
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Educated at 1
University of Bath
Given name 1
Ian
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Acid3
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Ian Hickson is a programmer and computer scientist. He was born on January 1, 1953, in Geneva .

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Acid3[15], an Acid test[16], founded in 2008[17].

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Where was Ian Hickson born?

Ian Hickson was born in Geneva[2].

What did Ian Hickson do for work?

Ian Hickson worked as a programmer[3] and computer scientist[4].

Where did Ian Hickson go to school?

Ian Hickson was educated at University of Bath[9].

Related Entities

computer scientist Geneva Google Opera programmer software engineer Switzerland University of Bath

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  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 24d ago · Psychpsyo · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.hixie.ch/
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    Educated at → University of Bath
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