Michael S. Hart

1947–2011 (age 64)

Digital librarian

Biography

Michael S. Hart, born in 1947, founded Project Gutenberg and championed the idea that knowledge should be freely accessible to all, tirelessly building the digital library that extended books to readers worldwide.

He believed in the power of words to unite people, and he now rests at Woodlawn Cemetery, his groundbreaking work continuing to inspire digital librarians everywhere.

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