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Ivan Sutherland

b. 1938 · American computer scientist

American computer scientist (b. 1938), creator of Sketchpad and pioneer of computer graphics.

Ivan Sutherland — American computer scientist (b. 1938), creator of Sketchpad and pioneer of computer graphics.

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Appears in

The Mother of All Demos, 1968. What was shown but never built.
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