Check out these nuggets:
The man who is often credited with developing the HTTP system - the transport system on which the internet is based ..
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP for short - is the system for transmitting web messages but there was no agreement on the right set of protocols to work it.
Whoever wrote that story says several times that Fielding invented and authored HTTP, even though Fielding himself denies it says it was a group effort.
Sigh. Fielding deserved better than that.