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| [[File:Douglas Engelbart.jpg|alt=Portrait photograph of Douglas Engelbart|thumb|Douglas Engelbart, ca. 1966 Photo from the National Museum of American History ]] | | #REDIRECT [[Douglas_C._Engelbart]] |
| Douglas Engelbart was a pioneer of information science.
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| ==Life==
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| 1925-2013
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| An obituary is available at https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-douglas-engelbart-20130704-story.html
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| ==Relevant Employment==
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| Stanford Research Institute, Tymshare, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Bootstrap Institute
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| ==Contributions==
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| Engelbart invented many items that helped to revolutionize the computer industry, such as the "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System" (the prototype of the computer mouse). He holds a total of 20 patents, 1 for the mouse, 7 for his work related to bi-stable gaseous plasma digital devices, and 12 for his work on all-magnetic digital devices. Engelbart also founded the Bootstrap Institute, where he is an inventor and computer consultant. For more information, visit the Bootstrap Institute website at <nowiki>http://www.bootstrap.org/</nowiki>.
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| ==Awards==
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| 1996 "Special Award" (ASIS), 1997 Lemelson-MIT Prize, 1999 John Von Neumann Medal Award (IEEE) and more
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| ==Offices==
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| == Papers ==
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| '''Location #1:''' Stanford University Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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| * Papers Dates: 1953-1998
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| * Size: 383 linear feet
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| * Includes: Includes professional papers, correspondence, research proposals, technical reports, notes, journals, and computer disks, as well as audiovisual material on a variety of media.
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| * Finding Aid: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft3n39n626/
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| * Source: Online Archive of California
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| '''Location #2:''' Doug Engelbart Institute Archive
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| * Papers Dates:
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| * Includes: Photos, videos, oral histories, equipment, texts, slides, software, early websites, etc.
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| * Finding Aid:
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| * Source: https://dougengelbart.org/content/view/243/
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