Education and Awards
Nelson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Swarthmore College in 1959, a master's degree in sociology from Harvard University in 1963 and a Doctorate in Media and Governance from Keio University in 2002. In 1998, at the Seventh WWW Conference in Brisbane, Australia, Nelson was awarded the Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award.
In 2001 he was knighted by France as "Officier des Arts et Lettres". In 2004 he was appointed as a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, and associated with the Oxford Internet Institute, where he was a visiting fellow from 2004 through 2006.
In 2007 he celebrated his 70th birthday by giving an invited birthday lecture at the University of Southampton.
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