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Dr Adrian V Stokes, OBE, CSci, CChem, MRSC (born 25 June 1945) is one of the founders of the internet including the first implementation of email in the UK.

Education
Stokes gained a BSC in Chemistry and studied for a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry at University College London and he then went on to specialise in computing science.

Career
Stokes was part of a group of academics who linked the UK to the experimental computer network of the US Department of Defence, ARPANET. His main responsibility included the first implementation of email in the UK.

Awards and honours
Adrian was awarded the OBE for services to disabled people in 1983.