Jon Bing was a Norwegian writer and law professor at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law, and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Bing was considered a pioneer in international IT and information law. He held honorary doctorates from the University of Stockholm and the University of Copenhagen, and was a Visiting Professor at Kings College, University of London. Bing was part of The Protection of Privacy Committee. From 1979 to 1981 he was head of Norsk Filmr�d. Between 1981 and 1982 he was the head of Council of Europe Committee on Legal Data Processing. Between 1993 and 2000, he headed Norsk kulturr�d. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Together with Tor �ge Bringsv�rd and other students at the University in Oslo, Jon Bing started the Aniara society, a club for science fiction fans. He was often profiled in the media around the topic. He published several books, both fiction and non-fiction specialist literature. His first published work was the short story collection Around the sun in a circle, co-written with Bringsv�rd, and published in 1967. Bing was a prolific fiction author, often collaborating with other authors. 

April 30th, 1944 in Tønsberg (Age 79)