Ted Nelson

Theodor Holm Nelson (born June 17, 1937) is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist. He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965. According to a 1997 Forbes profile, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'."

For other people named Ted Nelson, see Ted Nelson (disambiguation).

Ted Nelson
Nelson in 2011
Born (1937-06-17) June 17, 1937
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materSwarthmore College
University of Chicago
Harvard University
Keio University
Known forHypertext
Scientific career
FieldsInformation technology, philosophy, and sociology
InstitutionsProject Xanadu
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