Rob Blokzijl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rob Blokzijl

Dutch physicist

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1943

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 01-Dec-2015

Profession: computer scientist, physicist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Robert "Rob" Blokzijl (21 October 1943 – 1 December 2015) was a Dutch physicist and computer scientist at the National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF), and an early internet pioneer.
He was founding member and chairman of RIPE, the Reseaux IP Europeenne, the European Internet Registrar organisation.