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Douglas Engelbart

Also Known As Doug Engelbart
Human-Centered Computing

Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science, best known for his work founding the field of human-computer interaction, which resulted in the creation of the computer mouse and the development of hypertext. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1925 1
Birth Date
1925-01-30 1
Death Year
2013 1
Death Date
2013-07-02 1
Nationality
American 1
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1. Wikipedia: Douglas Engelbart
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  • Lead section
    Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925, July 2, 2013) was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human-computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces.
  • Infobox, Born
    January 30, 1925
  • Infobox, Died
    July 2, 2013
  • lead sentence, parenthetical birth date
    Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925
  • lead sentence, parenthetical death date
    July 2, 2013) was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science
  • lead sentence, nationality clause
    was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science
  • second paragraph, NLS renamed clause
    NLS was renamed Augment (now the Doug Engelbart Institute)
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