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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). | ||