Lawrence Roberts
Facts
30 properties- Instance of
- human
- Sex or gender
- male
- Date of birth
- December 21, 1937
- Date of death
- December 26, 2018
- Place of birth
- Westport
- Place of death
- Redwood City
- Country of citizenship
- United States[9]
- Occupation
- computer scientist, chief technology officer
- Employer
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory[13]
- Field of work
- engineering, computer science[10][11]
- Position held
- chief executive officer[12]
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology[14]
- Award received
- Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, SIGCOMM Award, Charles Stark Draper Prize, IEEE Internet Award, Internet Hall of Fame, W. Wallace McDowell Award, Harry H. Goode Memorial Award[17][18][19][20][21][22]
- Father
- Elliott John Roberts[7]
- Mother
- Elizabeth Gilman[8]
- Official website
- packet.cc
- Doctoral advisor
- Peter Elias[15]
- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Archives at
- Computer History Museum
- Described by source
- Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet’s Precursor, Dies at 81
- Family name
- Roberts
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- Influenced by
- Robert Taylor[25]
- Manner of death
- natural causes
- Name in native language
- Lawrence G. Roberts
- Oral history at
- UCLA Center for Oral History Research
- Residence
- Connecticut
- ISNI
- 0000000419346933
- VIAF cluster ID
- 3423149108565168780008
- Library of Congress authority ID
- no97023211
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Larry Roberts.jpg ↗
- ACM Digital Library author ID
- 81100585520
- American Academy in Rome ID
- 10194319
- DBLP author ID
- 95/5395
- Described at URL
- conservancy.umn.edu
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Lawrence-Roberts
- FAST ID
- 1532951
- Freebase ID
- /m/08vrqn
- Geni.com profile ID
- 6000000085270320984
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- IEEE Xplore author ID
- 37267914800
- Justia Patents inventor ID
- lawrence-g-roberts
- Libraries Australia ID
- 35912701
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 61083
- NLA Trove people ID
- 1143180
- National Academy of Engineering member ID
- 28666
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987012749474505171
- Notable Names Database ID
- 136/000026058
- Prabook ID
- 1716760
- Scopus author ID
- 22635846400
- WikiTree person ID
- Roberts-53938
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJB8qw9MkP7gvB9pt6Vt8C
- Yale LUX ID
- person/8cb583a8-ddb7-4a9e-9770-2960c9b91da4
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Occupation 2
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Cause of death 1
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Doctoral advisor 1
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Summary
Lawrence Roberts's place of birth was Westport[1]. He was born on December 21, 1937[2]. He passed away in Redwood City[3]. He died on December 26, 2018[4]. He worked as a computer scientist[5] and chief technology officer[6].
Body
Career and Affiliations
Fields of work include engineering[10], a field of work[26] and computer science[11], an academic discipline[27].
Works and Contributions
Things named for him include Roberts Cross[28], a method[29].
Recognition
Awards received include Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research[17], a science award[30], in Spain[31]; SIGCOMM Award[18], an award[32], in United States[33], founded in 1989[34]; Charles Stark Draper Prize[19], a science award[35], in United States[36], founded in 1989[37]; IEEE Internet Award[20], a technical field award[38], founded in 1999[39]; Internet Hall of Fame[21], a hall of fame[40], in United States[41], founded in 2012[42]; and W. Wallace McDowell Award[22], an award[43], founded in 1966[44].
Death and Burial
The cause of death was myocardial infarction[45].
Why It Matters
Entities named for him include Roberts Cross[28], a method[29].
FAQs
Where was Lawrence Roberts born?
Born in Westport[1].
Where did Lawrence Roberts die?
Lawrence Roberts passed away in Redwood City[3].
Who were Lawrence Roberts's parents?
Lawrence Roberts's father was Elliott John Roberts[7]. Lawrence Roberts's mother was Elizabeth Gilman[8].
What did Lawrence Roberts do for work?
Lawrence Roberts worked as computer scientist[5] and chief technology officer[6].
Where did Lawrence Roberts go to school?
Lawrence Roberts was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[14].
What awards did Lawrence Roberts receive?
Honors received include Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research[17], SIGCOMM Award[18], Charles Stark Draper Prize[19], and IEEE Internet Award[20].