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'''David John Braben''', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire OBE], is a British game developer, game designer and game programmer. Braben is best known for creating the [[Elite series]]. He co-developed the original [[Elite]] with Ian Bell in 1984. He is the founder and CEO of [[Frontier Developments]] since January 1994. He's also a co-founder of and works as a trustee for the Raspberry Pi Foundation which in 2012 launched a low-cost computer for education.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Developments</ref><ref name=":1" />
'''David John Braben''', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire OBE], is a British game developer, game designer and game programmer. Braben is best known for creating the [[Elite series]]. He co-developed the original [[Elite]] with [[Ian Bell]] in 1984. He is the founder and CEO of [[Frontier Developments]] since January 1994. He's also a co-founder of and works as a trustee for the Raspberry Pi Foundation which in 2012 launched a low-cost computer for education.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Developments</ref><ref name=":1" />


Braben attended Buckhurst Hill County High School in Chigwell in Essex.<ref>https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/technology/2017/02/life-pi-0</ref> He studied Natural Sciences at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College,_Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge]  and specialized in Electrical Science in his final year.<ref>http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/1050/david-braben/</ref> He is the recipient of three honorary doctorates from Abertay University (2013), The Open University (2014), and York University (15 July 2015).
Braben attended Buckhurst Hill County High School in Chigwell in Essex.<ref>https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/technology/2017/02/life-pi-0</ref> He studied Natural Sciences at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College,_Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge]  and specialized in Electrical Science in his final year.<ref>http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/1050/david-braben/</ref> He is the recipient of three honorary doctorates from Abertay University (2013), The Open University (2014), and York University (15 July 2015).