Aaron Swartz
 Aaron Swartz     (Hacker) | |
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| Born | Aaron H. Swartz 1986-11-08 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | 2013-01-11 (Age 26) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
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| Victim of | Premature death |
Aaron Swartz, according to John Naughton was an "internet activist who paid the ultimate price for his combination of genius and conscience."[1]
Death
On the evening of January 11, 2013, Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment by his partner, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman.[2][3] A spokeswoman for New York's Medical Examiner reported that he had hanged himself.[2][3][4] No suicide note was found.[5] Swartz's family and his partner created a memorial website on which they issued a statement, saying: "He used his prodigious skills as a programmer and technologist not to enrich himself but to make the Internet and the world a fairer, better place." John Naughton states that Swartz "was hounded to suicide at the age of 26 by a vindictive US administration", but does not question whether his death in fact was a suicide.[1]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| File:Timothy-felix-miltz.pdf | article | 27 February 2015 | 'BillCaseyHoneyPot' |
