Simon Willison

Summary

Simon Willison is a human^[1]. His place of birth was United Kingdom^[2]. He was born on +1981-01-01T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as an engineer^[4] and programmer^[5]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month, #7,161 of 1,000,298).^[6]

Key Facts

• Simon Willison was born in United Kingdom^[2].
• Simon Willison was born on +1981-01-01T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Simon Willison held citizenship in United Kingdom^[7].
• Simon Willison worked as an engineer^[4].
• Simon Willison worked as a programmer^[5].
• Simon Willison was employed by Eventbrite^[8].
• Simon Willison's education included a stint at University of Bath^[9].
• Simon Willison was educated at Newent Community School^[10].
• A notable work attributed to Simon Willison is Lanyrd^[11].
• A notable work attributed to Simon Willison is Django^[12].
• A notable work attributed to Simon Willison is Datasette^[13].
• Simon Willison's image is recorded as Simon Willison (2929211382) (cropped).jpg^[14].
• Simon Willison is recorded as male^[15].
• Simon Willison's instance of is recorded as human^[16].
• Simon Willison's Commons category is recorded as Simon Willison^[17].
• Simon Willison's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03h3ycl^[18].
• Simon Willison's family name is recorded as Willison^[19].
• Simon Willison's given name is recorded as Simon^[20].
• Simon Willison's official website is recorded as https://simonwillison.net^[21].
• Simon Willison's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English^[22].
• Simon Willison's X is recorded as simonw^[23].
• Simon Willison's GitHub account is recorded as simonw^[24].
• Simon Willison's YouTube channel ID is recorded as UCPzGwk1N5ea7sV3S2c2x1kg^[25].
• Simon Willison's Quora topic ID is recorded as Simon-Willison-1^[26].
• Simon Willison's Mastodon address is recorded as [email protected]^[27].

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Origins and Family

Simon Willison was born in United Kingdom^[2]. He was born on +1981-01-01T00:00:00Z^[3].

Education

Educated at University of Bath^[9], a university^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1966^[30], headquartered in Bath^[31] and Newent Community School^[10], a secondary school^[32], in United Kingdom^[33], founded in 1840^[34].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include engineer^[4] and programmer^[5]. Among Simon Willison's employers was Eventbrite^[8].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Lanyrd^[11], a website^[35], founded in 2010^[36], written by Simon Willison^[37]; Django^[12], a web framework^[38], founded in 2004^[39]; and Datasette^[13], a data management software^[40].

Why It Matters

Simon Willison ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month, #7,161 of 1,000,298).^[6]

Works attributed to him include Lanyrd^[41], a website^[42], founded in 2010^[43], written by him^[44].

FAQs

Where was Simon Willison born?

Born in United Kingdom^[2], Simon Willison…

What did Simon Willison do for work?

Simon Willison worked as engineer^[4] and programmer^[5].

Where did Simon Willison go to school?

Simon Willison was educated at University of Bath^[9] and Newent Community School^[10].