Ralph H. Baer
Sign in to saveGerman-born American inventor and engineer (1922–2014)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1922-03-08
- Died
- 2014-12-06
- Works
- 3
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Rodalben, Palatinate, Germany
Known for
- Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari — Self2017
- Outerlands2017
- The King of Arcades — Himself2014
- Ralph Baer, the Father of Video Games — Self2011
- Video Games Live: Level 2 — Self2010
- Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games — Himself - Magnavox Odyssey Inventor2006
- Video Game Invasion: The History of a Global Obsession — Self2004
via TMDB
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
· 2009 · cited 22,526x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
- The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
· 1997 · cited 16,040x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
- Dendritic cells and the control of immunity
· 1998 · cited 10,863x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Rudolf Heinrich Baer , ( 1922-03-08 ) March 8, 1922, Rodalben , Palatinate , Germany
- Died
- December 6, 2014 (2014-12-06) (aged 92), Manchester, New Hampshire , U.S.
- Occupations
- Inventor, video game designer, engineer
- Spouse
- Dena Whinston ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 ; died 2006 )
- Website
- www .ralphbaer .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 8 March 1922
- Died
- 6 December 2014
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ralph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rodalben
- Place of death
- Manchester
- Occupation
- software developer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Bachelor of Science
- Field of work
- technology
Article
Ralph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-born American inventor, game developer, and engineer.
Baer's Jewish family fled Germany just before World War II and Baer served the American war effort, gaining an interest in electronics shortly thereafter. Through several jobs in the electronics industry, he was working as an engineer at Sanders Associates (now BAE Systems) in Nashua, New Hampshire, when he conceived the idea of playing games on a television screen around 1966. With support of his employers, he worked through several prototypes until he arrived at a "Brown Box" that would later become the blueprint for the first home video game console, licensed by Magnavox as the Magnavox Odyssey. Baer continued to design several other consoles and computer game units, including contributing to design of the Simon electronic game. Baer continued to work in electronics until his death in 2014, with over 150 patents to his name.
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