Douglas C Engelbart Biography

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NAME: Douglas C Engelbart
OCCUPATION: Computer Programmer, Inventor
BIRTH DATE: c. 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH: Portland, Oregon

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Douglas C Engelbart is a pioneer in the design of interactive computer environments and the inventor of the mouse.

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A pioneer in the design of interactive computer environments, Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse (1963). He created the first two-dimensional editing system and was the first to demonstrate the use of mixed text-graphics and shared screen viewing. He was director of SRI International's Augmentation Research Center in Palo Alto and founded the Bootstrap Project at Stanford University.

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Computer engineer, born in Portland, Oregon, USA. A pioneer in the design of interactive computer environments, he invented the ‘mouse’ (1963). He created the first two-dimensional editing system and was the first to demonstrate the use of mixed text-graphics and shared screen viewing. He was director of SRI International's Augmentation Research Center in Palo Alto (1959–77), and founded the Bootstrap Project at Stanford University (1989).