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Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer.
- Douglas Carl Engelbart, January 30, 1925, Portland, Oregon, U.S.
- Human–computer interaction, Inventor
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Douglas Engelbart (born January 30, 1925, Portland, Oregon, U.S.—died July 2, 2013, Atherton, California) American inventor whose work beginning in the 1950s led to his patent for the computer mouse, the development of the basic graphical user interface (GUI), and groupware.
Learn how and why Doug Engelbart invented the mouse in the early 1960s at Stanford Research Institute, based on his landmark study on 'Augmenting the Human Intellect'. Explore the first prototype, the patent, the demo, the museum, and the impact of the mouse on personal computing.
Douglas Engelbart was a shy engineer who designed the mouse, word processor, hyperlink and other tools for networked computing in 1968. He also introduced the ARPANET, the precursor of the internet, and a vision of how computers could help solve complex human problems. Learn more about his life, his innovations and his legacy.
Jul 3, 2013 · An obituary on July 4 about Douglas C. Engelbart, a visionary scientist who invented the computer mouse, misstated his date of birth. It was Jan. 30, 1925 — not Jan. 25.
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Jul 8, 2013 · Engelbart, who invented the mouse as an engineer at SRI, was a visionary and a big-picture thinker who also knew the technical details. He lectured at Stanford in the 1990s and received many prestigious awards for his pioneering work in interactive computing.
Jul 2, 2013 · Douglas Engelbart is an engineer and inventor who pioneered the computer mouse, hypertext, and split screen interface. He also developed the Augmentation Research Center, a precursor of the Internet, and the Bootstrap Project, a model of online collaboration. He received the ACM A.M. Turing Award in 1997 for his vision of interactive computing and his innovations.