Joseph Jacquard

Updated: 09/15/2017 by Computer Hope
Joseph Jacquard

Name: Joseph Marie Jacquard

Born: July 7, 1752, in Lyon, France

Death: August 7, 1834 (Age: 82)

Computer-related contributions

  • French weaver, inventor, and merchant. Played an important role in developing the earliest programmable loom, known today as the Jacquard Loom. His work heavily influenced later programmable machines, including computers.
  • The Most Famous Image in the Early History of Computing is the portrait of Jacquard woven in silk on a Jacquard loom. It required 24,000 punched cards to create (1839).