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August Dvorak
1894-05-05 – 1975-10-10
Life & Legacy
August Dvorak (May 5, 1894 – October 9, 1975) was an American educational psychologist and professor of education at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, are best known for creating the Dvorak keyboard layout in the 1930s as a replacement for the QWERTY keyboard layout.
While his name is pronounced [ˈdvor̝aːk], with the ř roughly as a simultaneous trilled [r] and [ʒ] due to him being of Czech descent, Dvorak's family in the U.S. pronounces it , with an English r.
Occupation & Career
psychologist, professor, inventor, university teacher
Legacy Highlights
Employer
University of Washington
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q761155 — wikidata View source
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