Gervase Markham (programmer)

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Gervase Markham
Gervase Markham

Gervase Markham (born June 1978) is a British programmer for the Mozilla Foundation,[1] and a lead developer of Bugzilla. He started contributing to the Mozilla project in 1999,[1] and became the youngest paid employee of Mozilla.org at age 23 after he graduated from Oxford University.[2]

Markham is named after his paternal grandfather Canon Gervase Markham (1910-2007), the squire and vicar of Morland near Penrith; both are related to the 16th century poet and writer Gervase Markham. According to his Times obituary, the elder Gervase Markham was a descendant of William Markham, Archbishop of York (1710-1807).[3]

In 2006, he won a Google/O'Reilly Open Source Award as "Best Community Activist".[4] He has also presented to the FOSDEM conference for several years about the Mozilla Foundation activities and Bugzilla.

Markham is a born-again Christian, and has been undergoing treatment for metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma. He has written about both, and the relationship he sees between them.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Rhys Blakely (September 13, 2005). Charity with 100 million fans. The Sunday Times. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  2. ^ Taming the Lizard. New Architect (July 02, 2002). Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  3. ^ Canon Markham's obituary The Times 7 January 2008.
  4. ^ 2006 Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award Winners Announced - O'Reilly Conferences
  5. ^ Gervase Markham (April 1, 2006). Thank God for Cancer. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.

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