Ray Tomlinson
A computer programmer at BBN, he invented the first system for sending mail between users on different host computers connected by ARPANET and introduced the '@' symbol.
Key facts
- Role
- Inventor
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- 1941
- Died
- 2016
A computer programmer at BBN, he invented the first system for sending mail between users on different host computers connected by ARPANET and introduced the '@' symbol.