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Leonardo Torres Quevedo

Also Known As Leonardo Torres y Quevedo · Torres Quevedo, Leonardo
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, and inventor who developed numerous engineering innovations related to aerial trams, airships, catamarans, and remote control, and who was also a pioneer in the fields of computing and robotics. In the 1890s he focused his efforts on analog computation; from his Laboratory of Automatics established in Madrid in 1907 he built El Ajedrecista in 1912, an electromagnetic device capable of playing a chess endgame, and he designed a special-purpose electromechanical calculator that conceptually foreshadowed floating-point arithmetic. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1852 1
Birth Date
1852-12-28 1
Death Year
1936 1
Death Date
1936-12-18 1
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1. Wikipedia: Leonardo Torres Quevedo
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    Leonardo Torres Quevedo (28 December 1852-18 December 1936) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, and inventor who developed numerous engineering innovations related to aerial trams, airships, catamarans, and remote control. He was also a pioneer in the fields of computing and robotics. In the 1890s, Torres focused his efforts on analog computation. From his Laboratory of Automatics established in Madrid in 1907, Torres built El Ajedrecista (The Chess Player) in 1912, an electromagnetic device capable of playing a chess endgame, and he explored theories of thinking machines and designed a special-purpose electromechanical calculator that conceptually foreshadowed floating-point arithmetic.
  • Infobox, Born
    28 December 1852
  • Infobox, Died
    18 December 1936
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
    Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
  • Wikidata P166: Commander of the Legion of Honour
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Commander of the Legion of Honour.
  • Wikidata P166: doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
    Wikidata P166 (award received): doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris.
  • Wikidata P166: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III.
  • Wikidata P166: Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII.
  • Wikidata P166: Echegaray Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Echegaray Medal.
  • Wikidata P166: Band of the Order of the Republic
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Band of the Order of the Republic.
  • Wikidata alias: Torres Quevedo, Leonardo
    Torres Quevedo, Leonardo
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