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Larry Roberts (computer scientist)
American electrical engineer and Internet pioneer
For other people named Lawrence Roberts, see Lawrence Roberts (disambiguation).
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Roberts in 2017 | |
| Born | Lawrence Gilman Roberts (1937-12-21)December 21, 1937 Westport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 2018(2018-12-26) (aged 81) Redwood City, California |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | ARPANET, founding father of the Internet |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | MIT Lincoln Laboratory, ARPA, Telenet |
| Academic advisors | Steven Anson Coons |
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Larry Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018) was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer.
As a program manager and later office director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Roberts and his team created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques inv