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