What is Larry Tesler?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Larry Tesler | alma_mater = [[Stanford University]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|4|24}} | birth_name = Lawrence Gordon Tesler | birth_place = [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], U.S. | image = Larry Tesler Smiles at Whisper.jpeg | caption = Tesler in 2007 | children = 1 | citizenship = [[United States|American]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|16|1945|4|24}} | death_place = [[Portola Valley, California|Portola Valley]], [[California]], U.S. | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | fields = [[Human–computer interaction]] | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | spouse = {{plainlist| *{{marriage|unknown||1969|end=div}} *{{marriage|Colleen Barton|1970}} }} | workplaces = [[PARC (company)|Xerox PARC]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], and [[Yahoo!]] }} '''Lawrence Gordon Tesler''' (April 24, 1945 – February 16, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[computer scientist]]. He worked in the field of [[human–computer interaction]]. He had worked at [[Xerox PARC]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] and [[Yahoo!]]. While at PARC, Tesler's work included [[Smalltalk]], the first [[Dynamic programming|dynamic]] [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented programming language]] and [[Gypsy (software)|Gypsy]], the first [[word processor]] with a [[graphical user interface]] for the [[Xerox Alto]]. He also helped create the idea of [[Cut, copy, and paste|copy and paste]] and the idea of [[Mode (user interface)|modeless]] software. Tesler was born in [[the Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He died on February 16, 2020 in [[Portola Valley, California]] of problems caused from a [[bike]] accident. He was 74.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/19/21144516/larry-tesler-cut-copy-paste-dies-at-74-apple-xerox-amazon-obituary|title=Larry Tesler, the UI pioneer responsible for cut, copy, and paste, dies at 74|author=Peters, Jay|work=The Verge|date=February 19, 2020|access-da