Douglas C. Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) was an American inventor.
Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) was a pioneer of information science.
Life
Douglas Engelbart was born January 30, 1925 in Portland, OR.
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
He died on July 2, 2013 in Atherton, CA.
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 (now called the Doug Engelbart Institute), where he was an inventor and computer consultant before retiring in 2008.
Englebart is best known for inventing the mouse and for his demo at the Joint Computer Conference in 1968 that demonstrated online networking (NLS) that included hypertext, word processing, and the mouse.
For more information, visit the organization's website at https://dougengelbart.org/
Publications
- Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework”
Awards
- American Society for Information Science. Special Award, 1996. (ASIS), 1997
- Lemelson-MIT Prize, 1999
- John Von Neumann Medal Award (IEEE) and more
Offices
Further reading
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:
- Size:
- Includes: Photos, videos, oral histories, equipment, texts, slides, software, early websites, etc.
- Finding Aid:
- Source: https://dougengelbart.org/content/view/243/