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Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the development of the atomic bomb, and idea of the memex—seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web.

His name is pronounced Van-NEE-var as in "receiver" (IPA: [ˌvæˈniː.vɚ]). He was unrelated to the Bush political family.