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Joseph Marie Jacquard
* 1752 Lyon
+ 1834 Oullins, Département Métropole de Lyon
Joseph Marie Charles dit Jacquard 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.
2025