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  1. Lawrence Gilman Roberts, who was known as Larry, was born and raised in Westport, Connecticut. [6] He was the son of Elizabeth (Gilman) and Elliott John Roberts, both of whom had doctorates in chemistry. It is said that during his youth, he built a Tesla coil, assembled a television, and designed a telephone network built from transistors for ...

  2. Dec 30, 2018 · The doodler, Lawrence G. Roberts, died on Dec. 26 at his home in Redwood City, Calif. He was 81. The cause was a heart attack, said his son Pasha. As a manager at the Pentagon’s Advanced ...

  3. Lawrence Roberts. Lawrence G. Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018) [4] was an American scientist. He won the Draper Prize in 2001 "for the development of the Internet ", [5] and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002. Roberts created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies.

  4. The Birth of a Visionary. Lawrence Gilman Roberts was born on December 21, 1937, in Westport, Connecticut. The son of two Yale-educated chemists, Larry grew up in an intellectually stimulating household that nurtured his innate curiosity and love of science. From a young age, he displayed a remarkable aptitude for all things mechanical and ...

  5. May 6, 2024 · Lawrence Roberts (born December 21, 1937, Westport, Connecticut, U.S.—died December 26, 2018, Redwood City, California) was an American computer scientist who supervised the construction of the ARPANET, a computer network that was a precursor to the Internet. Roberts received bachelor’s (1959), master’s (1960), and doctoral (1963) degrees ...

  6. Jan 3, 2019 · The man who actually got the internet going has passed away. Lawrence Gilman Roberts in October 2007. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Beeeeeeep. It was far too ...

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  8. Dec 26, 2018 · Lawrence Gilman Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018) was an American engineer who received the Draper Prize in 2001 "for the development of the Internet ", and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002.

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