Brewster Kahle

CTL-E-4036 · Person · other · 1989-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Digital librarian and free-information advocate; founder and chair of the Internet Archive (1996); earlier founded WAIS (1989) and co-founded Alexa Internet (1996).

The record

Also known as: Brewster Lurton Kahle

Notes

RELP92 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-0813 founded_by.

Relationships

Wayback Machine public launch (2001-10-24) — initiated
Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat created the Wayback Machine in 1996 and launched it publicly on October 24, 2001.

Referenced by

Internet Archive — founded by → this record
Internet Archive cyberattack and data breach (2024-10-09) — related to → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Internet Archive
groundingpage.com - Brewster Kahle facts

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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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