Michael Dertouzos: Google Doodle celebrates Greek computer scientist who predicted the internet

Google's latest Doodle celebrates the life of Michael Dertouzos, the Greek computer scientist who anticipated how the internet would come to dominate almost every aspect of our lives. Monday's homepage image honoured the renowned academic, who died in 2001, on what would have been his 82nd birthday. As the director of MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science for almost 30 years, Mr Dertouzos was a pivotal figure in the creation of the World Wide Web Consortium – the alliance of companies and groups promoting the evolution of the internet. Canadian Google Doodle celebrates dino-hunting Joseph Burr Tyrrell How to play the ghostly new Google Doodle game Google Doodle reveals the most searched for recipes in every state Google Doodle celebrates female artists on International Women's Day Google Doodle celebrates female artists on International Women's Day Mr Dertouzos even recruited Tim Berners-Lee, the primary inventor of the World Wide Web, to lead the consortium. Mr Berners-Lee said: "If it hadn't been for Michael there would not probably have been a World Wide Web Consortium." Born in Athens in 1936, Mr Dertouzos won a Fulbright scholarship to the University of Arkansas.