Lawrence Roberts (scientist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lawrence Roberts (scientist)

American electrical engineer and computer scientist

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1937

Place of Birth: Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 26-Dec-2018

Profession: computer scientist, chief technology officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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. As a program manager and office director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Roberts and his team created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies and American Paul Baran underpinned by the theoretical work of Leonard Kleinrock.
The ARPANET, which was built by the Massachusetts-based company Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN), was a predecessor to the modern Internet.
He later served as CEO of the commercial packet-switching network Telenet.