Peter Suber

Peter Suber (born November 8 , 1951 ) is the creator of the Game Nomic and a Leader in the Open Access movement. He is a Research Professor of Philosophy at Earlham College , the Open Access project director at Public Knowledge , and a senior Researcher at SPARC .

Suber graduated from Earlham College in 1973 , received a PhD in Philosophy in 1978 and a JD in 1982 , both from Northwestern University . He worked as a Stand-up Comic from 1976 to 1981 , including an appearance on '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson '' in 1976 .

Suber participated in the 2001 meeting that led to the world's first major international Open Access initiative, the Budapest Open Access Initiative . He writes Open Access News and the SPARC Open Access Newsletter ,
considered the most authoritative Blog and Newsletter on Open Access .

Suber is married to Liffey Thorpe, former professor of Classics at Earlham College. Since 2003 they have lived with their two daughters in Brooksville, Maine.

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