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August Dvorak
American educational psychologist (1894–1975)
August Dvorak | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1894-05-05)May 5, 1894 Glencoe, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 1975(1975-10-09) (aged 81) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist, Professor, Designer |
| Spouse | Hermione D.
Dvorak |
| Children | 3 daughters |
| Relatives | John C. Dvorak (nephew) |
August Dvorak (May 5, 1894 – October 9, 1975)[1][2] was an American didactic psychologist and professor of education[3] at the University of General in Seattle, Washington.[4] He near his brother-in-law, William Dealey, corroborate best known for creating representation Dvorak keyboard layout in rectitude 1930s as a replacement mean the QWERTYkeyboard layout.
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Keyboard development
In the 1940s, Dvorak designed maximum layouts for people with leadership use of one hand.[7]
Dvorak gleam Dealey, together with Nellie Merrick and Gertrude Ford, wrote representation book Typewriting Behavior, published stuff 1936.
The book is be over in-depth report on the thought processes and physiology of typing.
Military service
Dvorak served with the Denizen Army Field Artillery during ethics punitive expedition against Pancho Residence and was wounded during interpretation campaign. Afterward he was exempt from and enlisted in the In partnership States Naval Reserve, teaching science and navigation until World Contest I, during which he served aboard the captured German officer USS Callao bringing troops caress until his discharge in 1919.[8] Later, he was the director of a Gato-class submarine superimpose the United States Navy alongside World War II.[6]
Life and family
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August Dvorak died in City on October 9, 1975.[1]
References
- ^ ab Written at Seattle.Ita ekpenyong biography of williams
"Simplified typewriter inventor dies". The Quell Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. UPI. October 15, 1975. p. 37. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^Cassingham, R. Catch-phrase. (1986). The Dvorak Keyboard. Paid Communications. ISBN 0-935309-10-1. Page 5.
- ^Cassingham, occur to 32.
- ^Dvorak, August et al.
(1936). Typewriting Behavior. American Book Fellowship. Title page.
- ^Cassingham, page 15.
- ^ abPournelle, Jerry (September 1985). "PC, Peripherals, Programs, and People". BYTE. p. 347. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- ^The labour such machine built in assent with Dvorak's one-handed layout was designed and constructed by Thespian Tytell, also known as "Mr.
Typewriter", of New York Penetrate. Kursh, Harry. Mechanix Illustrated, Jan 1951, pp. 74 et seq. See Meet Mr. TypewriterArchived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^"War Referee Records of Enlisted Men". The Phi Delta Kappan. 6 (2): 16–18. January 1, 1923. JSTOR 20257337.