Gervase Markham (born June 1978) is a British programmer for the Mozilla Foundation,[1] and a lead developer of Bugzilla. He started contributing to the Mozilla project in 1999,[1] and became the youngest paid employee of Mozilla.org at age 23 after he graduated from Oxford University.[2] He is named after his grandfather; both are related to the 16th century poet and writer Gervase Markham. In 2006, he won a Google/O'Reilly Open Source Award as "Best Community Activist".[3] He has also presented to the FOSDEM conference for several years about the Mozilla Foundation activities and Bugzilla. Markham is a born-again Christian, and has been undergoing treatment for metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma. He has written about both, and the relationship he sees between them.[4]
References
- ^ a b Rhys Blakely (September 13, 2005). Charity with 100 million fans. The Sunday Times. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ Taming the Lizard. New Architect (July 02, 2002). Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2006/07/2006_googleoreilly_open_source.html
- ^ Gervase Markham (April 1, 2006). Thank God for Cancer. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
External links
- http://www.gerv.net/ - Gervase Markham's main website
- http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/ - Gervase Markham's "Hacking for Christ" blog
