Brewster Kahle

Brewster Kahle
Kahle in 2015
Born
Brewster Lurton Kahle[1]

(1960-10-21) October 21, 1960 (age 63)[2]
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Occupation(s)Digital librarian
Computer engineer
Internet entrepreneur
Employer(s)Internet Archive, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Known forDevelopment of WAIS
Co-founder of Alexa Internet
Founder of Internet Archive
SpouseMary Austin
Children2[3]
Websitebrewster.kahle.org

Brewster Lurton Kahle (/kl/ KAYL;[4] born October 21, 1960)[2] is an American digital librarian,[5] computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur, and advocate of universal access to all knowledge. In 1996, Kahle founded the Internet Archive and co-founded Alexa Internet. In 2012, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.[4]

  1. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths KAHLE, MARGARET LURTON". The New York Times. March 6, 1998. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Alexa Internet profile Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, via juggle.com. accessed November 24, 2010
  3. ^ "Archiving the Internet / Brewster Kahle makes digital snapshots of Web". SFGate. May 7, 1999. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Schwartz, John (October 29, 2001). "New Economy; A library of Web pages that warms the cockles of the wired heart and beats the Library of Congress for sheer volume". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  5. ^ Benny Evangelista (October 13, 2012). "Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2012.

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