Michael S. Hart
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Michael S. Hart was an American author and digital pioneer best known for creating Project Gutenberg, the first and largest digital library of free eBooks.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael S. Hart canonical | 2 |
| Michael Stern Hart | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
author
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digital pioneer ⓘ founder ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocated |
free distribution of public domain texts
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non-commercial sharing of literature ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ASCII Award (1995)
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Wired Rave Award for Education (1998) ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-03-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-09-06 ⓘ |
| describedAs | founder of the eBook ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| employer | Project Gutenberg ⓘ |
| familyName | Hart ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
digital libraries
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electronic publishing ⓘ open access to information ⓘ |
| founded | Project Gutenberg ⓘ |
| fullName |
Michael S. Hart
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Michael Stern Hart
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| inceptionOfProjectGutenberg | 1971 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of eBooks
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digital text distribution ⓘ |
| influencedBy | public domain literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating the first digital library of free eBooks
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founding Project Gutenberg ⓘ promoting free access to literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
digital library movement
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open access movement ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | created one of the first e-texts in 1971 ⓘ |
| notableEvent | typed the United States Declaration of Independence into a computer in 1971 ⓘ |
| notableIdea | using computers to store and distribute literature freely ⓘ |
| notableWork | Project Gutenberg ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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digital librarian ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Tacoma, Washington
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surface form:
Tacoma, Washington, United States
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| placeOfDeath | Urbana, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
executive director of Project Gutenberg
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founder of Project Gutenberg ⓘ |
| residence | Urbana, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gutenberg.org/ ⓘ |
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Michael Stern Hart