Vannevar Bush date of birth:
March 11, 1890
How old was Vannevar Bush when died?
84
Where was Vannevar Bush born?
Everett, Massachusetts
When did Vannevar Bush die?
June 28, 1974
Where did Vannevar Bush die?
Belmont, Massachusetts
Vannevar Bush body shape:
Average
Is Vannevar Bush gay or straight?
Straight
What is Vannevar Bush's ethnicity?
White
What is Vannevar Bush nationality?
American
What is Vannevar Bush's occupation?
Ngineer, Inventor And Science Administrator
Vannevar Bush claim to fame:
Differential analyzer
Who is Vannevar Bush's father?
Perry Bush
Who is Vannevar Bush's mother?
Emma Linwood Paine
Short Biography
Vannevar Bush (/væˈniːvɑːr/ van-NEE-var; March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including initiation and early administration of the Manhattan Project. He is also known in engineering for his work on analog computers, for founding Raytheon, and for the memex, a hypothetical adjustable microfilm viewer with a structure analogous to that of hypertext. In 1945, Bush published the essay "As We May Think" in which he predicted that "wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified". The memex influenced generations of computer scientists, who drew inspiration from its vision of the future. He was chiefly responsible for the movement that led to the creation of the National Science Foundation.