Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Carl Engelbartwas an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in the invention of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces. These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968. Engelbart's Law, the observation that the intrinsic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 January 1925
CityPortland, OR
CountryUnited States of America