Michael Hart
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Michael Hart was the founder of Project Gutenberg and a pioneer of digital libraries and e-books.
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| instanceOf |
digital library pioneer
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person → |
| associatedWith |
public domain texts
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volunteer-driven digitization projects → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1947-03-08
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| dateOfDeath |
2011-09-06
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| educatedAt |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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| fieldOfWork |
digital libraries
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electronic books → public domain literature → |
| founded |
Project Gutenberg
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| inspired |
development of online digital libraries
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| knownFor |
founding Project Gutenberg
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pioneering digital libraries → pioneering e-books → |
| movement |
free culture movement
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open access → |
| name |
Michael Hart
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| notableAchievement |
created one of the earliest digital text archives
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helped popularize the concept of e-books → |
| notableWork |
Project Gutenberg
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| occupation |
author
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digital librarian → inventor of e-books → |
| placeOfBirth |
Tacoma, Washington, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Urbana, Illinois, United States
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| residence |
Urbana, Illinois, United States
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| vision |
encouraging the creation and distribution of e-books
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making literature freely available in electronic form → |
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Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award
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Michael Hart
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