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Charles P. Thacker

Computer Science

Charles Patrick Thacker was an American pioneer computer designer who designed the Xerox Alto, the first computer to use a mouse driven graphical user interface. He won the ACM Turing Award in 2009.

Facts
Birth Year
1943 2
Birth Date
1943-02-26 1
Death Date
2017-06-12 1
Death Year
2017 2
Field
Computer design 1
Death Place
Palo Alto, United States 2
Nationality
American 1
Notable Work
Xerox Alto 1
Birthplace
Pasadena, United States 2
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Major Prize
Turing 1
Gender
Male 1
Field
Field (category)
Computer Science 1
Connections

Member Of

Association for Computing Machinery, Institutions
Source Charles P. Thacker - Wikipedia

Works In

Computer Science, Disciplines
Source Charles P. Thacker - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

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Source Charles P. Thacker - WikipediaLead sentence 1
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Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer.
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1. Charles P. Thacker - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1
    Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 - June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer.
  • Lead paragraph, death date
    Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 - June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer.
  • Lead paragraph, nationality descriptor
    Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 - June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer.
  • Lead paragraph, field descriptor
    Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 - June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 2
    He designed the Xerox Alto, which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI).
  • Lead paragraph
    In 2009, he won the ACM Turing Award
  • Lead section, pronoun use
    He designed the Xerox Alto, which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI).
  • Member Of: Association for Computing Machinery, Article text
    In 1994, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. In 1996, he was named a Distinguished
  • Works In: Computer Science, Infobox: field
    Computer Science
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2. Charles P. Thacker (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +2017-06-12T00:00:00Z
  • P20 (place of death): Palo Alto, United States
    Q47265
  • P19 (place of birth): Pasadena, United States
    Q485176
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