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Michael S. Hart: American author, founder of Project Gutenberg (1947–2011).
Born in Tacoma (died at age 64).
Studied at University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.
The name Michael means hebrew for "Who is like God?".
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Biography
Michael Stern Hart was an American author credited with the invention of the e-book, and who founded Project Gutenberg (PG), the first project to make e-books freely available via the Internet. He published e-books via ARPANET years before the Internet existed, and later on BBS networks and Gopher servers.
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Michael S. Hart was born in Tacoma.
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