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Family information

Is there any reason why there's no information about his family? Nancy Carlson is mentioned as his wife in a number of sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/15/style/nancy-carlson-is-wed-to-timothy-berners-lee.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/nationaltreasures/2194133/Sir-Tim-Berners-Lee-portrait.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,137689,00.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8528304/Internet-pioneer-Sir-Tim-Berners-Lee-casts-a-web-of-intrigue-with-his-love-life.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/5374352/Sir-Tim-Berners-Lee-takes-surprise-guest-to-the-Palace.html

Disambiguation request: Timothy B. Lee

I've been seeing Timothy B. Lee's (from Ars Technica) name popping up more frequently, and keep thinking "oh man, Tim Berners-Lee is doing what now!?", but I am always disappointed. I dunno if the non-knighted Tim B Lee needs his own wikipedia page, but maybe at least a nod in his direction? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambiguator (talk • contribs) 20:21, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

School

The article states: ' ... went on to attend south west London's independent Emanuel School from 1969 to 1973'. At that time, Emanuel School, London was not independent and none of the pupils paid a penny in fees. (It was a voluntary aided school). There's a tendency among journalists to assume that a school has always been what it now. Norvo (talk) 23:29, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink to NeXT Computer is appropriate

In this article;

"... the world's first-ever web site and web server, running on a NeXT computer at CERN. The first web page address was...",

the words 'NeXT Computer' should have a wikilink: the NeXT Computer wikipedia article contains a picture of the NeXT Computer which Sir Tim used at CERN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.53.57.210 (talk) 01:12, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Cailliau

The first paragraph of this article suggests that Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web by himself; however, Robert Cailliau equally contributed to the development of the World WIde Web.