Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Larry Sanger- the co-founder of Wikipedia


Lawrence Mark "Larry" Sanger (born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer, co- founder of Wikipedia, which was launched in 2001, and the founder of Citizendium. He grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from high school in 1986 and went off to Reed College, majoring in philosophy. Sanger has taught philosophy at Ohio State University and was an early strategist for the expert-authored Encyclopedia of Earth. 
Sanger with the co-founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales
He has worked on developing educational projects for individuals behind WatchKnowLearn. He has designed a web-based reading program named Reading Bear which aims to teach children how to read, and started a crowdsourcing project named Infobitt. Moreover, Sanger received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Reed College in 1991, a Master of Arts from Ohio State University in 1995, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Ohio State University in 2000. Likewise, since 2000 he lived in San Diego. Also, he was married in Las Vegas in December 2001. In January 2002 he returned to Columbus, Ohio, where he currently resides with his wife and two children. 


One of the Sanger's quotes

Following this link you can read some of Sanger's quotes.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sanger
http://www.azquotes.com/quote/773483

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