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Percy Edwin Ludgate | |
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 Portrait photograph of Percy Ludgate | |
| Born | 2 August 1883 Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 16 October 1922 (aged 39) Dublin, Ireland |
| 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]
- ^ Ludgate, Percy E. (April 1909). "On a proposed analytical machine". Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. 12 (9): 77–91.
- ^ "The legend of Percy Ludgate, Skibbereen's early answer to Bill Gates". The Irish Times. 6 February 2003.