Adrian V. Stokes Explained

Adrian V Stokes (1945 – 2020) was a British computer scientist who was an Internet pioneer and worked on the first implementation of email in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

Education

Stokes earned a BSc in Chemistry and a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry at University College London (UCL) and he then went on to specialise in computer science.[1] [2]

Career

In 1973, whilst a research assistant at UCL's Institute of Computer Science, Stokes was involved with a research team led by Peter Kirstein who were working on ARPANET, the experimental computer network of the United States Department of Defense. ARPANET became the Internet in the mid-1970s, and one of Stokes' responsibilities was the first implementation of email in the United Kingdom,[3] as well as early monitoring software for the interconnection of the ARPANET with British academic networks, the first international heterogenous computer network.[4]

He contributed to a number of books on communication protocols and computer networking from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.[5] [6] [7]

Personal life

Stokes was born on 25 June 1945 and died on 7 April 2020. He had spina bifida, and campaigned on behalf of people with disabilities for decades. He was the president of Disabled Motoring UK.[8]

Awards and honours

Stokes was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to disabled people in 1983.

He was included on a Stanford University "Birth of the Internet" plaque, recognising him as an Internet pioneer.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Adrian V Stokes OBE CSci CChem MRSC . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170409113929/http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dr-adrian-v-stokes-obe-csci-cchem-mrsc . 9 April 2017 . Royal Society of Chemistry.
  2. Web site: Debretts . Adrian V Stokes Biography . dead . https://archive.today/20150111215302/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/6583/Adrian-Victor-STOKES . 2015-01-11.
  3. Web site: Profile: Dr Adrian Stokes OBE . dead . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100910235604/http://www.council-on-tribunals.gov.uk/adjust/item/profile_stokes.htm . 2010-09-10 . Council on Tribunals.
  4. Kirstein . P.T. . 1999 . Early experiences with the Arpanet and Internet in the United Kingdom . dead . IEEE Annals of the History of Computing . 21 . 1 . 38–44 . 10.1109/85.759368 . 1934-1547 . 1558618 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200207092443/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4773/f19792f9fce8eacba72e5f8c2a021414e52d.pdf . 2020-02-07 . [In] 1975 ... there were already some 40 British academic research groups using the link. ... David Bates and Adrian Stokes did most of the early monitoring software..
  5. Web site: Books by Adrian V. Stokes . Amazon.
  6. Book: Integrated office systems . 1982 . Pergamon Infotech Ltd . 978-0-08-028568-9 . Stokes . A. V. . State of the Art Report . Maidenhead.
  7. Book: Communications standards . Pergamon Infotech . 1986 . 978-0-08-034092-0 . Stokes . A. V. . State of the art report . Oxford; New York.
  8. Web site: Dr Adrian V Stokes OBE Tribute - News - Disabled Motoring UK . www.disabledmotoring.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028235105/https://www.disabledmotoring.org/news-and-features/news/post/606-dr-adrian-v-stokes-obe-tribute . 2020-10-28.

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