Gervase Markham
British computer programmer (1978–2018)
Gervase Markham (21 June 1978[1] – 27 July 2018)[2] was a British computer scientist, engineer and writer.[3] He worked for the Mozilla Foundation,[4] and was a lead developer of Bugzilla. He started working on the Mozilla project in 1999[4] and became the youngest paid employee of Mozilla.org at age 23.[5]
Markham was born in Morland, Cumbria. He studied at Oxford University. Markham was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer in 2006.[6][7] He died on 27 July 2018 from the disease at his home in Loughborough, Leicestershire, aged 40.[8]
References
change- ↑ "About Me". gerv.net.
- ↑ gerv (2019-03-07). "Invitation to a Service of Thanksgiving | Hacking for Christ". Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ↑ "Going Home | Hacking for Christ". blog.gerv.net. February 16, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rhys Blakely (September 13, 2005). "Charity with 100 million fans". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ↑ "Taming the Lizard". New Architect. July 2, 2002. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ↑ Gervase Markham (April 1, 2006). "Thank God for Cancer". Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ↑ Gervase Markham. "Cancer".
- ↑ "Kuhn: In Memoriam: Gervase Markham [LWN.net]". lwn.net.
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