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Percy Edwin Ludgate | |
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Born | Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland | 2 August 1883
Died | 16 October 1922 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 39)
Resting place | Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin |
Nationality | Irish |
Known for | Design of the second analytical engine in history |
Scientific career | |
Fields | mechanical computer design & discrete logarithms (1909); Accountancy (1917) |
Institutions | Kevans & Son (Dublin, Ireland) |
Percy Edwin Ludgate (2 August 1883 – 16 October 1922) was an Irish amateur scientist who designed the second analytical engine (general-purpose Turing-complete computer) in history.[1][2]
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