Gervase Markham (programmer)

Gervase Markham (born June 1978) is a British programmer for the Mozilla Foundation,cite web | title=Charity with 100 million fans | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-1778674,00.html | author=Rhys Blakely | date=September 13, 2005 | work=The Sunday Times | accessdate=2007-12-31 ] and a lead developer of Bugzilla. He started contributing to the Mozilla project in 1999, and became the youngest paid employee of Mozilla.org at age 23 after he graduated from Oxford University. [cite web | title=Taming the Lizard | url=http://www.ddj.com/architect/184411684 | date=July 2, 2002 | work=New Architect | accessdate=2007-12-31 ]

Markham is named after his paternal grandfather [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3141694.ece Canon Gervase Markham (1910-2007)] , the squire and vicar of Morland near Penrith; both are related to the 16th century poet and writer Gervase Markham. According to his "Times" obituary, the elder Gervase Markham was a descendant of William Markham, Archbishop of York (1710-1807). [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3141694.ece Canon Markham's obituary] "The Times" 7 January 2008.]

In 2006, he won a Google/O'Reilly Open Source Award as "Best Community Activist". [ [http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2006/07/2006_googleoreilly_open_source.html 2006 Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award Winners Announced - O'Reilly Conferences ] ] 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. [cite web
url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/04/thank_god_for_cancer.html
title=Thank God for Cancer
author=Gervase Markham
date=April 1, 2006
accessdate=2007-01-02]

References

External links

* [http://www.gerv.net/ Gervase Markham's main website]
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/ Gervase Markham's "Hacking for Christ" blog]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3141694.ece Canon Markham's obituary] "The Times" 7 January 2008.