Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart

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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. 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. These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968. Engelbart's law, the observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential, is named after him.

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Douglas Engelbart was born on Friday, 30 January 1925 in Portland, Oregon, USA. His full name at birth was Douglas Carl Engelbart. He was best known as an inventor. Engelbart's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Tuesday, 2 July 2013 in Atherton, California at the age of 88. His zodiac star sign was Aquarius.

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Atherton, California
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