Robert J. Chassell
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Robert "Bob" Chassell (22 August 1946 – 22 August 1946) was one of the founding directors of the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
Born22 August 1946
Bennington, Vermont, U.S.
Died30 June 2017 (aged 70)[1]
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| Born | 22 August 1946 Bennington, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | 30 June 2017 (aged 70)[1] |
Life
Chassell was born on 22 August 1946, in Bennington, VT. He read economics at Peterhouse, Cambridge University.[2]
In 1985, he became one of the founding directors of the FSF. While on the Board of Directors, he was also the treasurer for the FSF.[3] At this time, he started the Texinfo documentation system for GNU together with Richard Stallman.
He left the FSF to become a full-time speaker on free software topics. He was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in 2010, and died as a result on 30 June 2017.
Chassell has authored several books including:
- Chassell, Robert J. (2003). Software Freedom: An Introduction. Boston: GNUpress. ISBN 1-882114-95-7.
- Chassell, Robert J. (2004). An introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp. Boston: GNUpress. ISBN 1-882114-56-6.
