In 2004 , Berners-Lee was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his pioneering work . In April 2009 , he was elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences . Named in '' Time '' magazine 's list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century , Berners-Lee has received a number of other accolades for his invention . He was honoured as the " Inventor of the World Wide Web " during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony , in which he appeared in person , working with a vintage NeXT Computer at the London Olympic Stadium . He tweeted " This is for everyone " , which instantly was spelled out in Liquid-crystal display ( LCD ) lights attached to the chairs of the 80,000 people in the audience . Berners-Lee received the 2016 Turing Award " for inventing the World Wide Web , the first web browser , and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale "
2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Tim Berners-Lee