August Dvorak
August Dvorak ( May 5, 1894 , † October 10, 1975 ) was an American psychologist and professor of education at the University of Washington in Seattle , Washington .
He and his brother-in-law William Dealey were best known for developing the Dvorak keyboard design in the 1930s. The Dvorak keyboard is designed as a replacement for the (English) QWERTY keyboard, which is based on purely technical requirements. In contrast, Dvorak's keyboard layout is based on the principle that the most commonly used letters (in English) must be easiest to reach. In the 1940s, Dvorak designed a keyboard that could be operated with one hand.
Dvorak wrote the book Typewriting Behavior with Dealey, Nellie Merrick and Gertrude Ford , which was published in 1936. The book is an in-depth account of the psychology and physiology of typing.
Dvorak was a distant relative of the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák . However, the pronunciation was Anglicized and the diacritical marks were omitted. The composer's name is correctly pronounced [ ˈdvɔr̝aːk ] because of the hatschek above the "r" . August Dvorak's family name is pronounced [ ˈdvɔɹæk ] in the United States .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cassingham, RC (1986). The Dvorak Keyboard . Freelance Communications. ISBN 0-935309-10-1 , page 5.
- ↑ Dvorak, August et al. (1936), Typewriting Behavior . American Book Company. Front page.
- ↑ Kursh, Harry. Mechanix Illustrated, January 1951, page 74 f. See Meet Mr. Typewriter ( memento of the original from February 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Cassingham, RC (1986). The Dvorak Keyboard . Freelance Communications. ISBN 0-935309-10-1 , page 15
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| SURNAME | Dvorak, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychologist and professor of education |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1894 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1975 |