John Naughton
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[edit] Early life
John Naughton was born and raised in Ireland. In 1968 he moved to the United Kingdom.
[edit] Education
Naughton went to primary school with the Christian Brothers and with the Jesuits. Later, he studied at the University College Cork and the Emanual College in Cambridge. As an undergraduate he became involved with student politics, and as a consequence started to write for newspapers and developed his writing skills.[1] He is an electical engineer and also works as a journalist. [2]
[edit] Academia
Naughton started working as an academic in the Open University's systems workgroup in 1972. He was appointed as a professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University in 2006. [2]
[edit] Other Occupations
John Naughton is Director of the Wolfson College, Cambridge Press Fellowship Programme, non-executive Chairman of RAB-eye and of Ndiyo. [2] He is also a founding partner of Ellipsian, a Cambridge-based ideas factory. [1]
[edit] Personal life
John Naughton met his Wife Sue in England while working together on a project of the Open University. They had three children, named Annie, Thomas and Peter. Tragically, his wife Sue died in 2002 after a battle with cancer. [1]
[edit] Publications
Naughton wrote a book which has become a standard on the history on the Internet:
- A Brief History of the Future: Origins of the Internet, Phoenix Press, 2000, ISBN 0-7538-1093-X
He also writes a weekly column for the Business Section of The Observer. [2]
