August Dvorak

August Dvorak
Born(1894-05-05)May 5, 1894
Glencoe, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedOctober 9, 1975(1975-10-09) (aged 81)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation(s)Psychologist, Professor, Designer
SpouseHermione D. Dvorak
Children3 daughters
RelativesJohn C. Dvorak (nephew)

August Dvorak (May 5, 1894 – October 9, 1975)[1][2] was an American educational psychologist and professor of education[3] at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.[4] He and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, are best known for creating the Dvorak keyboard layout in the 1930s as a replacement for the QWERTY keyboard layout.

While his name is pronounced [ˈdvor̝aːk], with the ř roughly as a simultaneous trilled [r] and [ʒ] due to him being of Czech descent, Dvorak's family in the U.S. pronounces it /ˈdvɔːræk/, with an English r.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference UPIObit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cassingham, R. C. (1986). The Dvorak Keyboard. Freelance Communications. ISBN 0-935309-10-1. Page 5.
  3. ^ Cassingham, page 32.
  4. ^ Dvorak, August et al. (1936). Typewriting Behavior. American Book Company. Title page.
  5. ^ Cassingham, page 15.
  6. ^ Pournelle, Jerry (September 1985). "PC, Peripherals, Programs, and People". BYTE. p. 347. Retrieved October 27, 2013.