Ed Krol

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Full Name	Ed Krol
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Aug 21, 1951(1951-08-21)
Age	73
Birthplace	United States
Country	United States
Horoscope	Leo

Ed Krol Biography

Ed Krol is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on August 21, 1951 in United States, United States. Krol was born on August 21, 1951, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and spent his entire career there.

In 2002 Krol retired from the University of Illinois after working there for 29 years.

In 1992, Krol published The Whole Internet User’s Guide and Catalog, which was noted by the New York Public Library as one of its Books of the Century in

1995. The book was translated into over ten languages and sold over a million copies. This aided the worldwide acceptance and spread of the Internet. In 1999, Krol and Kiersten Conner-Sax published a sequel titled The Whole Internet User’s Guide: The Next Generation.

Ed Krol Net Worth

Ed Krol is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ed Krol 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ed Krol (born August 21, 1951) is the former network manager at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the former assistant director of Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He is also the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet and The Whole Internet (User’s Guide and Catalog).

In 1985, Krol began working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). He was the network manager for the NCSA when the contract was received to establish the NSFNet, and led the team in the network development. He helped develop the Frequently Asked Questions format when he published the popular user’s guide Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet in 1987, which was funded by the National Science Foundation. In 1989, he became the assistant director for Network Information Services, Computing, and Communications Service Office at the University of Illinois.

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Facts & Trivia

Anatoliy Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ed Krol celebrates birthday on August 21 of every year.

Top Facts about Ed Krol

1. Ed Krol is an American network engineer born in 1951.
2. He wrote “The Whole Internet User’s Guide and Catalog” in 1992.
3. The book was the first popular guide to the internet.
4. Krol worked at University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
5. He also served as a consultant for various companies and organizations.
6. Krol was a member of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
7. He helped develop standards for email, FTP, and HTTP protocols.
8. In 2000, he received the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award from IETF.
9. Krol retired from NCSA in 2015 after over three decades of service.
10. His work has been influential in shaping modern internet usage.