Ray Tomlinson
American computer programmer
Raymond Samuel Tomlinson was an American computer programmer who implemented the first email program on the ARPANET system, the precursor to the Internet, in 1971; It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts... Wikipedia
Born: April 23, 1941, Amsterdam, NY
Died: March 5, 2016 (age 74 years), Lincoln, MA
Spouse: Ann Tomlinson (m. ?–2016)
Parents: Raymond Tomlinson and Dorothy Aspin Tomlinson
Children: 2
Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (BS); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS)
Known for: Invention of email