Rob Blokzijl

Rob Blokzijl
Rob Blokzijl
	Acting Mayor Lodewijk Asscher (left) and Rob Blokzijl at the awarding of Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Born	21 October 1943; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	1 December 2015 (aged 72); Roggel, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam
Known for	founding member of RIPE

Robert "Rob" Blokzijl (21 October 1943 – 1 December 2015) was a Dutch physicist and computer scientist at the National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF), and an early internet pioneer.^[1]^[2] He was founding member and chairman of RIPE, the Réseaux IP Européens (French translation of: Europeans IP Networks), the European Internet Registrar organisation.

^ Olivier Martin. The “Hidden” Prehistory of European Research Networking. 2012. p.50
^ Monique Doppert (2013). Internetpioniers: De eerste internetgeneratie.

[1] Olivier Martin. The “Hidden” Prehistory of European Research Networking. 2012. p.50

[2] Monique Doppert (2013). Internetpioniers: De eerste internetgeneratie.

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Rob Blokzijl
Acting Mayor Lodewijk Asscher (left) and Rob Blokzijl at the awarding of Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Born	(1943-10-21)21 October 1943 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	1 December 2015(2015-12-01) (aged 72) Roggel, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam
Known for	founding member of RIPE