Ted Nelson

1937 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Harvard University, Swarthmore College, Keio University

occupation: philosopher, sociologist, professor

award received: Officer of Arts and Letters, Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award

influenced by: Vannevar Bush, Douglas Engelbart

official website: ted.hyperland.com

Theodor Holm Nelson (born June 17, 1937) is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist. He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965. According to a 1997 Forbes profile, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'." Source: Wikipedia (en)