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Wikipedia: Percy Ludgate

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The English Wikipedia article on Percy Ludgate, consulted for its lead-section biography.

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Wikimedia Foundation
Url
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Ludgate
Source Type
Biography
Reliability Tier
2
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Wikipedia: Percy Ludgate
Wikimedia FoundationArticle lead section
Quote, Article lead section
Percy Edwin Ludgate (2 August 1883-16 October 1922) was an Irish amateur scientist who, in 1909, designed an analytical engine (a general-purpose Turing-complete computer, and the second of its kind).
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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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