Died 1834-08-07.
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Joseph Marie Jacquard
Joseph Marie Charles dit Jacquard was a French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable 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.
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science · French weaver, merchant, and inventor (1752–1834) · inventor · weaver · merchant · engineer · silk weaver · also Joseph Marie Jacquard, J. C. Jacquart, Charles Marie Jakard, Joseph-Marie Jakard, Joseph-Marie Jacquart, Charles Marie Jaquard
Born 7 July 1752 · Died 7 August 1834 · Q310833
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1819· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1819).
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1805· 1 entry
And Jacquard was rewarded with a pension and a royalty on each machine
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1804· 1 entry
At the urging of Lyon fabric maker and inventor Gabriel Dutillieu, Jacquard studied Vaucanson's loom, which was stored at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris
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1803· 1 entry
Was summoned to Paris and attached to the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers
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1801· 1 entry
Jacquard exhibited his invention at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française in Paris, where he was awarded a bronze medal
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1800· 1 entry
A loom to weave fishing nets in 1803, and starting in 1804, the "Jacquard" loom, which would weave patterned silk automatically
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1752· 1 entry
Born 1752-07-07.
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