Acting Mayor Lodewijk Asscher (left) and Rob Blokzijl at the awarding of Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Born
(1943-10-21)21 October 1943
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died
1 December 2015(2015-12-01) (aged 72)
Roggel, Netherlands
Nationality
Dutch
Alma mater
University of Amsterdam
Known for
founding member of RIPE
Robert "Rob" Blokzijl (21 October 1943 – 1 December 2015) was a Dutch physicist and computer scientist at the National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF), and an early internet pioneer.[1][2] He was founding member and chairman of RIPE, the Réseaux IP Européens (French translation of: Europeans IP Networks), the European Internet Registrar organisation.
^Olivier Martin. The “Hidden” Prehistory of European Research Networking. 2012. p.50
^Monique Doppert (2013). Internetpioniers: De eerste internetgeneratie.
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