Lawrence G. Roberts

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Internet pioneer computer scientist electrical engineer human

Lawrence G. Roberts was an American engineer and computer scientist best known as a principal architect of the ARPANET, the pioneering packet-switching network that led to the modern internet.

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Label	Occurrences
Lawrence G. Roberts canonical	7
Larry Roberts	1
Lawrence Gilman Roberts	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Internet pioneer ⓘ computer scientist ⓘ electrical engineer ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering ⓘ Master of Science in Electrical Engineering ⓘ PhD in Electrical Engineering ⓘ
awardReceived	Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering ⓘ surface form: Charles Stark Draper Prize AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award ⓘ surface form: IEEE Harry H. Goode Memorial Award IEEE Internet Award ⓘ National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1937-12-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2018-12-26 ⓘ
designed	early ARPANET network architecture ⓘ
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ surface form: Advanced Research Projects Agency Anagran, Inc. ⓘ BBN Technologies ⓘ Lincoln Laboratory ⓘ surface form: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Network Systems Corporation ⓘ
familyName	Roberts ⓘ
fieldOfWork	computer networking ⓘ computer science ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ packet switching ⓘ
fullName	Lawrence G. Roberts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lawrence Gilman Roberts
givenName	Lawrence ⓘ
hasOccupation	engineer ⓘ researcher ⓘ
influencedBy	Donald Davies ⓘ J. C. R. Licklider ⓘ Paul Baran ⓘ
knownFor	pioneering work in packet-switched networks ⓘ principal architect of the ARPANET ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Internet Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableIdea	packet-switching for wide-area networks ⓘ resource-sharing computer networks ⓘ
notableWork	ARPANET ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Westport, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Redwood City, California ⓘ surface form: Redwood City, California, United States
positionHeld	Director of Information Processing Techniques Office at ARPA ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
supervised	ARPANET implementation contracts with BBN ⓘ
workLocation	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Silicon Valley ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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ARPANET → hasKeyPerson → Lawrence G. Roberts ⓘ

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network → hasKeyPerson → Lawrence G. Roberts ⓘ

Lawrence G. Roberts → fullName → Lawrence G. Roberts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lawrence Gilman Roberts

Network Systems Corporation → employed → Lawrence G. Roberts ⓘ

Network Systems Corporation → hasNotableEmployee → Lawrence G. Roberts ⓘ

Anagran, Inc. → foundedBy → Lawrence G. Roberts ⓘ

Anagran, Inc. → hasFounder → Lawrence G. Roberts ⓘ

Anagran, Inc. → hasKeyPerson → Lawrence G. Roberts ⓘ

Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA → notableDirector → Lawrence G. Roberts ⓘ

subject surface form: Information Processing Techniques Office

this entity surface form: Larry Roberts