Vannevar Bush

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American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)

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electrical engineer
human
inventor
science administrator
academicDegree Bachelor of Science
Doctor of Engineering
Master of Science
awardReceived Edison Medal
Hoover Medal
National Medal of Science
Public Welfare Medal
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1890-03-11
dateOfDeath 1974-06-28
educatedAt Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tufts College
employer Carnegie Institution of Washington
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
familyName Vannevar Bush self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bush
fieldOfWork computer science
electrical engineering
information science
science policy
fullName Vannevar Bush self-link
genre science policy writing
givenName Vannevar Bush self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vannevar
influenced Douglas Engelbart
J. C. R. Licklider
Ted Nelson
computer networking research
information retrieval research
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Institute of Radio Engineers
National Academy of Sciences
militaryConflict World War II
notableFor organizing U.S. scientific research during World War II
shaping postwar U.S. science policy
notableIdea hypertext precursor
As We May Think
surface form: memex
notableWork As We May Think
Differential analyzer
Science, The Endless Frontier
placeOfBirth Everett, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Vannevar Bush self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chairman of the Joint Research and Development Board

Vannevar Bush self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chairman of the National Defense Research Committee

Dean of the School of Engineering at MIT
Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development
President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
Vice President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spouse Vannevar Bush self-linksurface differs
surface form: Phoebe Clara Davis

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Vannevar Bush positionHeld Vannevar Bush self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chairman of the National Defense Research Committee
Vannevar Bush positionHeld Vannevar Bush self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Joint Research and Development Board
Vannevar Bush spouse Vannevar Bush self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Phoebe Clara Davis
Differential analyzer wasDevelopedBy Vannevar Bush
Science, The Endless Frontier author Vannevar Bush
Public Welfare Medal notableRecipient Vannevar Bush
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As We May Think author Vannevar Bush
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Edison Medal hasRecipient Vannevar Bush
Theodor influencedBy Vannevar Bush
subject surface form: Theodor Nelson
Project Xanadu influencedBy Vannevar Bush
Medal for Merit notableRecipient Vannevar Bush
Claude Shannon doctoralAdvisor Vannevar Bush
Alfred Loomis collaboratedWith Vannevar Bush
Raytheon Company foundedBy Vannevar Bush
MAUD Report sentTo Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush Award namedAfter Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush Award namedForRoleOfNamesake Vannevar Bush
this entity surface form: Vannevar Bush was a key U.S. science administrator during World War II
Arthur E. Kennelly notableStudent Vannevar Bush
John Fritz Medal notableRecipient Vannevar Bush
The Fountains of Paradise mainCharacter Vannevar Bush
this entity surface form: Vannevar Morgan
Alfred Lee Loomis as both financier and scientist collaboratedWith Vannevar Bush
subject surface form: Alfred Lee Loomis
Howard Aiken doctoralAdvisor Vannevar Bush
Combined Development Trust keyPerson Vannevar Bush