Douglas C. Englebart

Douglas Engelbart, ca. 1966 Photo from the National Museum of American History

Douglas Engelbart was a pioneer of information science.

Life

1925-2013

An obituary is available at https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-douglas-engelbart-20130704-story.html

Relevant Employment

Stanford Research Institute, Tymshare, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Bootstrap Institute

Contributions

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 http://www.bootstrap.org/.

Awards

1996 "Special Award" (ASIS), 1997 Lemelson-MIT Prize, 1999 John Von Neumann Medal Award (IEEE) and more

Papers

Location #1: Stanford University Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives

• Papers Dates: 1953-1998
• Size: 383 linear feet
• Includes: Includes professional papers, correspondence, research proposals, technical reports, notes, journals, and computer disks, as well as audiovisual material on a variety of media.
• Finding Aid: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft3n39n626/
• Source: Online Archive of California

Location #2: Doug Engelbart Institute Archive

• Papers Dates:
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• Includes: Photos, videos, oral histories, equipment, texts, slides, software, early websites, etc.
• Finding Aid:
• Source: https://dougengelbart.org/content/view/243/