Charles Geschke

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computer scientist entrepreneur human

Charles Geschke was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Adobe Systems and a pioneer of desktop publishing technologies.

Aliases (2)

Adobe Systems ×2
Charles Matthew Geschke ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist → entrepreneur → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in classics → Master of Science in mathematics → PhD in computer science →
awardReceived	Computer Entrepreneur Award → IEEE Computer Society Computer Entrepreneur Award → Marconi Prize → National Medal of Technology and Innovation →
birthDate	1939-09-11 →
birthPlace	Cleveland, Ohio, United States →
coFounded	Adobe Systems →
coFounder	Charles Geschke → John Warnock →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2021-04-16 →
doctoralAdvisor	Herbert A. Simon →
educatedAt	Carnegie Mellon University → Xavier University →
employer	Adobe Systems → Xerox → Xerox Palo Alto Research Center →
familyName	Geschke →
fieldOfWork	computer science → desktop publishing → software engineering →
fullName	Charles Matthew Geschke →
genre	computer software →
givenName	Charles →
hasChild	three children →
knownFor	co-founding Adobe Systems → development of Portable Document Format (PDF) → development of PostScript page description language → pioneering desktop publishing technologies →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering →
nationality	American →
notableEvent	kidnapped in 1992 and later rescued →
notableWork	Adobe Acrobat → Adobe PostScript → PDF technology →
positionHeld	co-chairman of Adobe Systems → president of Adobe Systems →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Los Altos, California, United States →
spouse	Nancy Geschke →
workLocation	Palo Alto, California, United States → San Jose, California, United States →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adobe Systems →	coFounder
PostScript →	designer
Adobe Inc. →	foundedBy
Charles Geschke ("Charles Matthew Geschke") →	fullName