Douglas EngelbartDouglas Engelbart in 2008BornDouglas Carl EngelbartJanuary 30, 1925Portland, Oregon, U.S.DiedJuly 2, 2013 (aged 88)Atherton, California, U.S.NationalityAmericanAlma materOregon State University (BS 1948)University of California, Berkeley (MS 1953, PhD 1955)Known forComputer mouseHypertextGroupwareInteractive computingAwardsNational Medal of Technology (2000),Lemelson-MIT Prize,ACM Turing Award (1997)[1]BCS Lovelace Medal (2001),Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility,Computer History Museum Fellow Award (2005)[2] NAE Member (1996)Scientific careerField...

Vannevar BushChairman of the Research and Development BoardIn officeSeptember 30, 1947 – October 14, 1948PresidentHarry S. TrumanPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byKarl ComptonDirector of the Office of Scientific Research and DevelopmentIn officeJune 28, 1941 – December 31, 1947PresidentFranklin D. RooseveltHarry S. TrumanPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byPosition abolishedChairman of the National Defense Research CommitteeIn officeJune 27, 1940 – June 28, 1941PresidentFranklin D. RooseveltPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byJames B. ConantChairman of the National Advi...

Charles Henry Lee (6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731] – 2 October 1782) served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War. He sold his commission after the Seven Years War and served for a time in the Polish army of King Stanislaus II. Lee moved to North America in 1773 and bought an estate in Virginia. When the fighting broke out in the American War of Independence in 1775, he volunteered to serve with rebel forces. Lee's ambitions to become Commander in Chief of the Continental Army we...

LeeCurrent regionVirginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., FloridaPlace of originEnglandMembersThomas Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Henry Lee III, Thomas Sim Lee, Robert E. Lee The Lee family of the United States is a historically significant Virginia and Maryland political family, whose many prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics and the military. The family became prominent in colonial British North America when Richard Lee I ("The Immigrant") immigrated to Virginia in 1639 and made his fortune in tobacco. Members of the family include T...

Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is an American former politician who served as a Democratic Michigan state representative from 1997 to 2002 and mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008. Kilpatrick resigned as mayor in September 2008 after being convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to four months in jail and was released on probation after serving 99 days. On May 25, 2010, Kilpatrick was sentenced to eighteen months to five years in state prison for violating his probation,[3] and served time at the Oaks Correctional Facility in northwest Michigan. On March 11...

Seoul Metropolitan SubwayOverviewNative name수도권 전철Sudogwon JeoncheolOwnerGovernment of South Korea, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Incheon Metropolitan City, Bucheon City, Uijeongbu City, Yongin City and private companiesLocaleSeoul Capital AreaTransit typeRapid transit, Commuter railNumber of lines22Number of stations728Annual ridership1.91 billion (2017, Lines 1-9, Seoul Subway)[1] 1.16 billion (2017, Korail)[2]OperationBegan operation15 August 1974; 46 years agoOperator(s)Seoul Metro, Korail, Incheon Transit Corporation, and private rapid transit operatorsTechnicalSystem length353.2 km (21...

The transport network in Greater Tokyo includes public and private rail and highway networks; airports for international, domestic, and general aviation; buses; motorcycle delivery services, walking, bicycling, and commercial shipping. While the nexus is in the central part of Tokyo, every part of the Greater Tokyo Area has rail or road transport services. The sea and air transport is available from a limited number of ports for the general public. Public transport within Greater Tokyo is dominated by the world's most extensive urban rail network (as of May 2014, the article Tokyo rail list l...

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guaidó and the second or maternal family name is Márquez. Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez[a] (born 28 July 1983) is a Venezuelan politician, a former member of the social-democratic Popular Will party,[2] federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. On 23 January 2019, Guaidó and the National Assembly declared he was acting President of Venezuela (Spanish: Presidente encargado de Venezuela), starting the Venezuelan presidential crisis by challenging Nicolás Maduro's presidency. Guaidó's political career began when...