FAMOUS PEOPLE LESSON 3:

William Caxton and

Tim Berners-Lee

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WILLIAM CAXTON

William Caxton was born in

England in 1415, at a time when

people wanted to know more and

more information about the world around them.

WILLIAM CAXTON

Many people wanted to learn

to read but books cost a lot

of money because every one had to be

copied by hand.

WILLIAM CAXTON

In the early 1470s, Caxton learned how to

print books using a printing press, and in 1476 he

brought this new invention to

England.

WILLIAM CAXTON

This meant that books could be produced more quickly for less money and this helped a lot of

people learn to read and improve their

lives!

WILLIAM CAXTON

By the end of his life in 1492,

William Caxton had achieved a wonderful thing in making books

available to millions of people.

SUMMARY: SO WHY WAS WILLIAM CAXTON FAMOUS?

He was the first English person to

work as a printer and the first to introduce a

printing press into England which made books available for many more people

than before.

INTERESTING FACTS

William Caxton died in 1492, the year that Christopher Columbus sailed to America.

He didn’t invent the press, but he was the one who made it popular.

TIM BERNERS-LEE

Tim Berners-Lee was born

on the 8th June 1955 in

London, England.

TIM BERNERS-LEE

In 1989 he was working at a place

called CERN, which is a large

underground science lab

dedicated to finding out how atoms work.

TIM BERNERS-LEE

It was so big that he had a

lot of problems communicating

with other scientists.

TIM BERNERS-LEE

He solved this problem by designing a way for computers to talk to each other using a

special method called ‘HTTP’. A lot of the

work had already been done but Tim was the

person who finally connected it all together.

TIM BERNERS-LEE

This eventually became known as the World

Wide Web, or in other words the

internet.

He invented the internet! The most amazing

communications invention since the

printing press!

SUMMARY: SO WHY WAS TIM BERNERS-LEE FAMOUS?

INTERESTING FACTS

Tim became Sir Tim when he was knighted by the Queen in 2005.

He featured in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics!

QUICK QUIZ: WHO DID WHAT?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO INVENTED THE PRINTING PRESS?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO INVENTED THE PRINTING PRESS?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO WORKED AT CERN?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO WORKED AT CERN?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO WAS KNIGHTED BY THE QUEEN IN 2005?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO WAS KNIGHTED BY THE QUEEN IN 2005?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO WAS BORN IN 1415?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO WAS BORN IN 1415?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO MADE THEIR INVENTION SO THEY COULD TALK EASIER TO OTHER

SCIENTISTS?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

WHO MADE THEIR INVENTION SO THEY COULD TALK EASIER TO OTHER

SCIENTISTS?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

W HICH INVEN TOR HAD TO US E PAPER IN T HEIR IN VENT ION?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

W HICH INVEN TOR HAD TO US E PAPER IN T HEIR IN VENT ION?

WILLIAM CAXTON?

OR

TIM BERNERS -LEE?

THANK YO U FOR WATCHIN G T HIS PRESENTAT ION

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