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<h1 class="grey-text text-center ">Robert Metcalfe</h1>
<h2 class="text-center">Father of the Ethernet</h2>
<img height="100" width="150" class ="larger-image displayed" src="http://internethalloffame.org/sites/default/files/inductees/bob%20metcalfe%20copy2.jpg"alt="The man brought into our desktops machine">
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<p>Very few people actually know how the ethernet came to birth. Viewed by some modern generation as a little outdated the ethernet is one of the reasons why we're connected in this age. All this is thanks to the man above who co-invented this technology.</p>
<p> Here's a timeline of his life/work.</p>
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<li><b>1946:</b> Born in Broklyn New york</li>
<li><b>1964:</b> Graduated from Bayshore high school</li>
<li><b>1969:</b> Graduated from MIT class of 1969 with two S.B. degrees, one in Electrical Engineering and the other in Industrial Management.</li>
<li><b>1970-1973:</b> Earned his M.sc in applied Maths and PhD in computer science.</li>
<li><b>1979:</b> Founded 3com, a manufacturer of computer networking equipments.</li>
<li><b>1980:</b> ACM Grace Hopper Award for his contributions to the development of local networks, specifically Ethernet.</li>
<li><b>2001:</b> Became a general partner with Polaris venture partners</li>
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<p>Outside of his technical achievements, Metcalfe is perhaps best known for his 1995 prediction that the Internet would suffer a "catastrophic collapse" the following year; he promised to eat his words if it did not. During his keynote speech at the sixth International World Wide Web Conference in 1997, he took a printed copy of his column that predicted the collapse, put it in a blender with some liquid and then consumed the pulpy mass. This was after he tried to eat his words in the form of a very large cake, but the audience strongly protested.</p>
<p>You could read more on his biography on this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe">Wikipedia aricle.</a>
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