Ted Nelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ted Nelson

American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist; coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia"

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1937

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: teacher, computer scientist, sociologist, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.
Nelson coined the terms transclusion, virtuality, and intertwingularity (in Literary Machines), and teledildonics.
According to a 1997 Forbes profile, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software.'"