# Ted Nelson

> Theodor Holm Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher of computer science, and sociologist. He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965. According to his profile published in Forbes in 1997, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'."

*American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ted-nelson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1937-06-17
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 66.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #249
- **Total followers across platforms:** 10,200

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://ted.hyperland.com/
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_DXJ7ZUAJO_d8CnHYTDMQ (@@thetednelson, 10,200 followers)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson)
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- [테드 넬슨](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%85%8C%EB%93%9C_%EB%84%AC%EC%8A%A8)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62852)

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