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Aaron Swartz was born in Highland Park, 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Chicago, [2] [23] into a Jewish family. [24] He was the eldest child of Susan and Robert Swartz and brother to Noah and Ben Swartz. [1] [25] He was an atheist. [26] His father founded the software firm Mark Williams Company.
- January 11, 2013 (aged 26), New York City, U.S.
- Suicide by hanging
- Aaron Hillel Swartz, November 8, 1986, Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.
At 26 years old, Aaron Swartz had established himself as a singular force bridging the worlds of technology and activism – a young man driven by a restless curiosity and the belief that...
Jan 12, 2013 · Aaron Swartz, a wizardly programmer who as a teenager helped develop code that delivered ever-changing Web content to users and who later became a steadfast crusader to make that information...
Jan 13, 2013 · Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, has died at 26. The activist and programmer took his life in his New York apartment, a relative and...
Jan 13, 2013 · On Friday January 11, 2013, well-known online activist and hacker Aaron Swartz committed suicide in New York at the age of 26. An internet legend, Swartz had been active since he was in his...
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Aaron Swartz was a computer programming prodigy and activist who played an instrumental role in the campaign for a free and open Internet and used technology to fight social, corporate and political injustices.
Jan 20, 2023 · A decade after his suicide, Aaron Swartz – an American computer programmer and political organizer – continues to inspire new generations of hacktivists. Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn...
