Alan Emtage

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alan Emtage
Occupation	Computer Scientist
Date Of Birth	Nov 27, 1964(1964-11-27)
Age	60
Birthplace	Barbados
Country	Canada
Birth City	Barbados
Horoscope	Capricorn

Alan Emtage Biography

Alan Emtage is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on November 27, 1964 in Barbados, Barbados, Canada. Alan Emtage (born November 27, 1964) conceived and implemented the first version of Archie, a pre-Web Internet search engine for locating material in public FTP archives. It is widely considered the world’s first Internet search engine.

On September 18, 2017 Emtage was inducted as an Innovator by the Internet Society into the Internet Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Los Angeles.

In 1992, Emtage along with Peter Deutsch, also a McGill graduate, formed Bunyip Information Systems in Montreal—the world’s first company expressly founded for and dedicated to providing Internet information services with a licensed commercial version of the Archie search engine.

Alan Emtage Net Worth

Alan Emtage is one of the richest Computer Scientist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alan Emtage 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alan Emtage was born in Barbados, the son of Sir Stephen and Lady Emtage. He attended high school at Harrison College from 1975 to 1983 (and in 1981 became the owner of a Sinclair ZX81 with 1K of memory), where he graduated at the top of his class, winning the Barbados Scholarship.

In 1983 Emtage entered McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, studying for an honors Bachelor’s degree in computer science which was followed by a Master’s degree in 1987 from which he graduated in 1991. Emtage was part of the team that brought the first Internet link to eastern Canada (and only the second link in the country) in 1986. In 1989 while a student and working as a systems administrator for the School of Computer Science, Emtage conceived and implemented the original version of the Archie search engine, the world’s first Internet search engine.

On October 20, 2019 Emtage was conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the University of the West Indies.

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Facts & Trivia

Alan Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Alan Emtage celebrates birthday on November 27 of every year.

Who invented the first search engine?

Until Alan Emtage , a native of Barbados, created the world’s first search engine that he called Archie. In 1989, Emtage was a systems administrator in the information technology department at McGill University in Montreal while he was enrolled graduate school at the University.

What did Alan Emtage make?

In 1989, Alan Emtage conceived of and implemented Archie, the world’s first Internet search engine.

What is Alan Emtage ethnicity?

Alan Emtage BJH
Born| November 27, 1964 Bridgetown, Barbados
Citizenship| Barbadian, Canadian, American
Alma mater| McGill University (BSc) McGill University (MSc)
Known for| Archie (search engine)

How old is Alan Emtage?

57 years (November 27, 1964)

Who invented Internet?

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