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Quick facts for kids Lawrence Gilman Roberts
Roberts in 2017
Born	(1937-12-21)December 21, 1937 Connecticut, United States
Died	December 26, 2018(2018-12-26) (aged 81) Redwood City, California
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for	Founding father of the Internet
Awards	IEEE Computer Pioneer Award IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace McDowell Award Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGCOMM Communications Award Harry Goode Memorial Award International Engineering Consortium Fellow award, 2001 Charles Stark Draper Prize of the National Academy of Engineers Principe de Asturias Award, 2002 Secretary of Defense Meritorious Service Medal Interface Conference Award L.M. Ericsson prize for research in data communications, 1982
Scientific career
Institutions	Lincoln Lab, ARPA, Telenet
Influences	J. C. R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland

Lawrence G. Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018) was an American scientist. He won the Draper Prize in 2001 "for the development of the Internet", and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002.

Roberts created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies. The ARPANET was a forerunner to the modern Internet.

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