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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instanceOf author
digital pioneer
founder
human
advocated free distribution of public domain texts
non-commercial sharing of literature
awardReceived ASCII Award (1995)
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
electronic publishing
open access to information
founded Project Gutenberg
fullName Michael S. Hart self-linksurface differs
surface form: Michael Stern Hart
gender male
givenName Michael
hasNationality American
inceptionOfProjectGutenberg 1971
influenced development of eBooks
digital text distribution
influencedBy public domain literature
knownFor creating the first digital library of free eBooks
founding Project Gutenberg
promoting free access to literature
language English
movement digital library movement
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
digital librarian
inventor
placeOfBirth Tacoma, Washington
surface form: Tacoma, Washington, United States
placeOfDeath Urbana, Illinois, United States
positionHeld executive director of Project Gutenberg
founder of Project Gutenberg
residence Urbana, Illinois, United States
website https://www.gutenberg.org/

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this entity surface form: Michael Stern Hart