2003 (2003): The
Royal Photographic Society's Progress Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of any invention, research, publication or other contribution which has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in the widest sense.[11]
2003 (2003): Received the
Computer History Museum's Fellow Award, for his seminal contributions to the development of the World Wide Web.[12]
15 April 2004 (2004-04-15): First recipient of Finland's
Millennium Technology Prize, for inventing the World Wide Web. The cash prize, worth one million euros (about £678,701, or US$1.24 million, in 2004[13]), was awarded on 15 June, in
Helsinki, Finland, by the President of the Republic of Finland,
Tarja Halonen.[14]
27 January 2005 (2005-01-27): Named Greatest Briton of 2004, both for his achievements and for displaying the key British characteristics of "diffidence, determination, a sharp sense of humour and adaptability", as put by
David Hempleman-Adams, a panel member.[16]
2011 (2011): Inducted into
IEEE Intelligent Systems' AI's Hall of Fame for the "significant contributions to the field of AI and intelligent systems".[30]
4 April 2017 (2017-04-04): 2016
Turing Award "for inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale"[42]
13 June 2007 (2007-06-13): Appointed a member of the
Order of Merit (OM), an order restricted to 24 (living) members.[46] (The Order of Merit is within the personal gift of The Queen, and does not require recommendation by ministers or the Prime Minister)
3 December 2012 (2012-12-03): The Sultan Qaboos Order for Culture, Science and Arts (First Class), conferred by The Sultan of
Oman[47][48]
^Quittner, Joshua (29 March 1999).
"Tim Berners Lee—Time 100 People of the Century". Time Magazine. Archived from
the original on October 16, 2007. He wove the World Wide Web and created a mass medium for the 21st century. The World Wide Web is Berners-Lee's alone. He designed it. He loosed it on the world. And he more than anyone else has fought to keep it open, nonproprietary and free
2003 (2003): The
Royal Photographic Society's Progress Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of any invention, research, publication or other contribution which has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in the widest sense.[11]
2003 (2003): Received the
Computer History Museum's Fellow Award, for his seminal contributions to the development of the World Wide Web.[12]
15 April 2004 (2004-04-15): First recipient of Finland's
Millennium Technology Prize, for inventing the World Wide Web. The cash prize, worth one million euros (about £678,701, or US$1.24 million, in 2004[13]), was awarded on 15 June, in
Helsinki, Finland, by the President of the Republic of Finland,
Tarja Halonen.[14]
27 January 2005 (2005-01-27): Named Greatest Briton of 2004, both for his achievements and for displaying the key British characteristics of "diffidence, determination, a sharp sense of humour and adaptability", as put by
David Hempleman-Adams, a panel member.[16]
2011 (2011): Inducted into
IEEE Intelligent Systems' AI's Hall of Fame for the "significant contributions to the field of AI and intelligent systems".[30]
4 April 2017 (2017-04-04): 2016
Turing Award "for inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale"[42]
13 June 2007 (2007-06-13): Appointed a member of the
Order of Merit (OM), an order restricted to 24 (living) members.[46] (The Order of Merit is within the personal gift of The Queen, and does not require recommendation by ministers or the Prime Minister)
3 December 2012 (2012-12-03): The Sultan Qaboos Order for Culture, Science and Arts (First Class), conferred by The Sultan of
Oman[47][48]
^Quittner, Joshua (29 March 1999).
"Tim Berners Lee—Time 100 People of the Century". Time Magazine. Archived from
the original on October 16, 2007. He wove the World Wide Web and created a mass medium for the 21st century. The World Wide Web is Berners-Lee's alone. He designed it. He loosed it on the world. And he more than anyone else has fought to keep it open, nonproprietary and free