Douglas Engelbart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Douglas Engelbart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Douglas Carl Engelbart (born January 30, 1925) is an American inventor and early computer pioneer. He is best known for inventing the computer mouse,^[1] as a pioneer ofhuman-computer interaction whose team developed hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to GUIs; and as a committed and vocal proponent of the development and use of computers and networks to help cope with the world’s increasingly urgent and complex problems.^[2]

Engelbart had embedded in his lab a set of organizing principles, which he termed his "bootstrapping strategy", which he specifically designed to bootstrap and accelerate the rate of innovation achievable.^[3]

Contents [hide] 1 Early life and education 2 Career and accomplishments 2.1 Epiphany 2.2 SRI and ARC 2.3 ARPANET 2.4 Anecdotal notes 3 End of research career and subsequent developments 4 Honors 5 At present 6 Family 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Douglas Carl Engelbart ("Doug") Douglas Engelbart in 2008 Born January 30, 1925 (age 85) Portland, Oregon, USA Citizenship US Nationality US Fields Inventor Institutions Stanford Research Institute, Tymshare,McDonnell Douglas, Bootstrap Institute/Alliance, Doug Engelbart Institute Alma mater Oregon State College (BS); UC Berkeley(PhD) Doctoral advisor John R. Woodyard Known for Computer mouse, Hypertext,Groupware, Interactive Computing Notable awards National Medal of Technology,Lemelson-MIT Prize, Turing Award,Lovelace Medal, Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility, Fellow Award, Computer History Museum