Brewster Kahle

Brewster Kahle
Kahle in 2019
Born
Brewster Lurton Kahle[1]

(1960-10-21) October 21, 1960 (age 64)[2]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (SB)
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]
Brewster Kahle introducing himself
recorded April 2015
Websitebrewster.kahle.org

Brewster Lurton Kahle (/keɪl/ 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. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982. Kahle founded the Internet Archive and co-founded Alexa Internet in 1996. He was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012.[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 Profiles, Brand Logos and Top Lists – Juggle.com". Juggle. November 24, 2010. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  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. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  5. ^ Evangelista, Benny (October 13, 2012). "Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2012.