Douglas C Engelbart biography

Synopsis

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.

Profile

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).