Engineer
Douglas Engelbart
Demonstrated the mouse, hypertext, video conferencing and collaborative editing in a single ninety-minute presentation in 1968, now called the Mother of All Demos.
Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human-computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces. These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968. Engelbart's law, the observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential, is named after him.
- Born
- 1925-01-30, Portland, Oregon, USAA Friday
- Died
- 2013-07-02, Atherton, California, USAA Tuesday, aged 88
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1925-01-30, Portland, Oregon, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 10°27′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 0°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 19°09′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 19°50′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 26°24′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 9°48′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 13°52′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 19°15′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 21°30′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 11°56′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2013-07-02, Atherton, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 11°02′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 10°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 21°41′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Leo | 6°09′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 22°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 1°32′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 4°50′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 12°25′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 5°12′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 10°16′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Douglas Engelbart was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.