Peter Thomas Kirstein

Peter Kirstein was a British computer scientist, sometimes called "the father of the Internet in Europe".

His work with the ARPANET and with the TCP/IP protocols while at University College London was instrumental in getting the UK connected to the Internet in 1973.

He was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012, and received the Marconi prize in 2015.

• Wikipedia
• New York Times obituary
• Obituary in the Guardian
• Biography at Internet Hall of Fame