Joseph Marie Jacquard

Joseph Marie Jacquard
Born	7 July 1752 (1752-07-07) Lyon, Lyonnais, Kingdom of France
Died	7 August 1834(1834-08-07) (aged 82) Oullins, Rhône, Kingdom of France
Nationality	French
Education	Worked as apprentice and learned bookbinding
Occupation(s)	Merchant, weaver, inventor
Known for	Programmable loom
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Joseph Marie Charles dit (called or nicknamed) Jacquard (French: [ʒakaʁ]; 7 July 1752 – 7 August 1834) was a French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom (the "Jacquard loom"), which in turn played an important role in the development of other programmable machines, such as an early version of digital compiler used by IBM to develop the modern day computer.