John Lewis (educator)

Dr. John Lewis (born 1963)[1] is an American computer science educator, formerly of Villanova University and NYIT.[2] He is best known as the author of Java Software Solutions, an introductory text on Java programming.

For other educators of this name, see John Lewis (disambiguation).

Biography

Dr. Lewis currently resides in Blacksburg, Virginia and is an adjunct professor at Virginia Tech.[3]

Popularly, he is known for being the owner of the Twitter account '@johnlewis', to which hundreds of users from across the world mistakenly send tweets intended for the British department store John Lewis or the American civil rights leader Representative John Lewis.[4] He has been described as "the most patient man on the internet" by British social media users for redirecting with humour mistaken requests and messages sent to him, especially around the Christmas shopping period.[5][6][7] The department store sent Lewis a gift set as an acknowledgment and a thank you in 2016 for the inconvenience caused to him.[8] In 2018, Dr Lewis was featured in a Twitter Christmas ad with the hashtag #NotARetailStore. [9] [10]

References
  1. "Lewis, John, 1963-". VIAF. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ph/nyit/masson/nyit.html
  3. "Adjunct Professor John Lewis". Virginia Tech. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10822474/Why-John-Lewis-loves-talking-shop.html
  5. Philipson, Alice. "John Lewis, the most patient man on the internet". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. Sanusi, Victoria. "The Most Patient And Polite Man On The Internet Is Back At It Again". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. White, Alan. "The Worst Time Of Year For The Most Patient And Polite Man On The Internet Has Begun". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-called-john-lewis-sent-4658776
  9. https://twitter.com/johnlewis/status/1064505239770931202
  10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46266698
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