Percy Ludgate

Percy Edwin Ludgate
Portrait photograph of Percy Edwin Ludgate
Portrait photograph of Percy Ludgate
Born(1883-08-02)2 August 1883
Died16 October 1922(1922-10-16) (aged 39)
Dublin, Ireland
Resting placeMount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin
NationalityIrish
Known forDesign of the second analytical engine in history
Scientific career
Fieldsmechanical computer design & discrete logarithms (1909); Accountancy (1917)
InstitutionsKevans & 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]

  1. ^ Ludgate, Percy E. (April 1909). "On a proposed analytical machine". Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. 12 (9): 77–91.
  2. ^ "The legend of Percy Ludgate, Skibbereen's early answer to Bill Gates". The Irish Times. 6 February 2003.