Theodor

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Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.

Aliases (3)
  • Theodor Nelson ×48
  • Nelson ×1
  • Ralph Nelson ×1

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
computer scientist
human
information technology pioneer
writer
advocated fine-grained, bidirectional hypertext links
permanent, addressable documents on networks
awardReceived Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award
coinedTerm hypermedia
hypertext
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1937-06-17
describedIn Computer Lib / Dream Machines
developed Project Xanadu
educatedAt Harvard University
Swarthmore College
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
familyName Nelson
fieldOfWork digital media
human–computer interaction
hypertext
information technology
givenName Theodor
hasWebsite http://ted.hyperland.com/
http://xanadu.com/
influenced World Wide Web concepts
influencedBy Vannevar Bush
cinema theory
knownFor Project Xanadu
coining the term "hypermedia"
coining the term "hypertext"
concept of non-sequential writing
vision of global hyperlinked document systems
languageOfWorkOrName English
nickname Ted Nelson
notableWork Computer Lib / Dream Machines
Geeks Bearing Gifts
Literary Machines
occupation author
computer scientist
lecturer
philosopher of information
placeOfBirth New York City
proposedConcept docuverse
transclusion
two-way links in hypertext systems
sexOrGender male

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ted Nelson
Theodor Nelson
givenName
Ted Nelson ("Nelson")
familyName
Ted Nelson ("Ralph Nelson")
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