Joseph marie jacquard and the jacquard loom

French weaver, merchant, and inventor (–)

Joseph Marie Charlesdit (called or nicknamed) Jacquard (French:[ʒakaʁ]; 7 July – 7 August ) 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.

Joseph marie jacquard and the jacquard loom

Joseph marie jacquard and the jacquard loom boys

Joseph marie jacquard and the jacquard loom men

When was the jacquard loom invented

Jacquard loom uses

Life

In his grandfather's generation, several branches of the Charles family lived in Lyon's Couzon-Au-Mont d’Or suburb (on Lyon's north side, along the Saône River). To distinguish the various branches, the community gave them nicknames; Joseph's branch was called "Jacquard" Charles.

Thus, Joseph's grandfather was Bartholomew Charles dit [called] Jacquard.^[1][2]

Joseph Marie Charles dit Jacquard was born into a conservative Catholic family in Lyon, France, on 7 July