Aaron Hillel Swartz (1986 - 2013)

Born 8 Nov 1986 in Highland Park, Lake, Illinois, United States

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Died 11 Jan 2013 at age 26 in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States

Aaron Swartz is Notable.

Biography

"Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist.

He was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS, the Markdown publishing format, the organization Creative Commons, and the website framework web.py, and was a co-founder of the social news site Reddit. He was given the title of co-founder by Y Combinator owner Paul Graham after the formation of Not a Bug, Inc. (a merger of Swartz's project Infogami and Reddit, a company run by Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman).

Swartz's work also focused on civic awareness and activism. He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009 to learn more about effective online activism. In 2010, he became a research fellow at Harvard University's Safra Research Lab on Institutional Corruption, directed by Lawrence Lessig. He founded the online group Demand Progress, known for its campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act" (wikipedia excerpt).

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103452617/aaron-hillel-swartz: accessed 26 September 2022), memorial page for Aaron Hillel Swartz (8 Nov 1986–11 Jan 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103452617, citing Shalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Arturo Lara (contributor 47593577) .