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Robert W. Taylor, one of the most important figures in the creation of the modern computer and the Internet, has died. He was 85.
According to his son Kurt Taylor, the scientist died Thursday at his home in Woodside. He suffered from Parkinson’s disease and other ailments.
Taylor’s name was not known to the public, but it was a byword in computer science and networking, where he was a key innovator who transformed the world of technology.
Taylor was a Pentagon researcher in the 1960s when he launched Arpanet, which evolved into what we know today as the Internet.
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Read on: Robert W. Taylor, a pioneer of the modern computer, dies at 85 - LA Times
According to his son Kurt Taylor, the scientist died Thursday at his home in Woodside. He suffered from Parkinson’s disease and other ailments.
Taylor’s name was not known to the public, but it was a byword in computer science and networking, where he was a key innovator who transformed the world of technology.
Taylor was a Pentagon researcher in the 1960s when he launched Arpanet, which evolved into what we know today as the Internet.
...
Read on: Robert W. Taylor, a pioneer of the modern computer, dies at 85 - LA Times
