Lawrence Gordon Tesler, an American computer scientist whose accomplishments include inventing the cut, copy, and paste command has died at the age of 74.
He was a graduate of Stanford University who specialized in human-computer interaction. Tesler, who was known for his excellent skills while working with Amazon, Apple, and Yahoo died on Monday, February 17. He was also a former researcher at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center where he spent part of his career.
Announcing his death on Twitter, Xerox wrote: “The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more, was former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler. Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas. Larry passed away on Monday, so please join us in celebrating him.”
Source: Guardian Newspaper
