Peter T. Kirstein
Peter Kirstein | |
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| Born | Peter Thomas Kirschstein 20 June 1933 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 8 January 2020 (aged 86) London, England |
| Education | Highgate School |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA) Stanford University (MS, PhD) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | CERN General Electric University College London |
| Thesis | Curvilinear space-charge flow with applications to electron guns (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gordon S. Kino Marvin Chodorow |
| Doctoral students | Jon Crowcroft |
| Website | www |
Peter Thomas Kirstein (né Kirschstein; 20 June 1933 – 8 January 2020) was a British computer scientist who played a role in the creation of the Internet. He made the first internetworking connection on the ARPANET in 1973, by providing a link to British academic networks, and was instrumental in defining and implementing TCP/IP alongside Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn.
Kirstein is often recognized as the "father of the European Internet".