Inventors Powerpoint

By Emily Cobb

Personal details: He was

born on the 26th of December

1791, London, England.

Why is he famous?: He was

a mathematician, philosopher,

inventor and mechanical

engineer, who is best

remembered now for

originating the concept of a

programmable computer.

Charles Babbage

His first

invention.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/babbage_charles.shtml

Personal details: She was born

December 10th 1815, London, England.

Why is she famous?: She was an

English mathematician and writer

chiefly known for her work on Charles

Babbage's early mechanical general-

purpose computer, the Analytical

Engine. Her notes on the engine

include what is recognised as the first

algorithm intended to be carried out

by a machine.

Ada Lovelacewww.computerhistory.org/babbage/adalovelace

Personal details:. He was born on the 23rd

of June1912, London, England

Why is he famous?:. He was highly

influential in the development of

computer science, providing a

formalisation of the concepts of

"algorithm" and "computation" with

the Turing machine, which can be

considered a model of a general

purpose computer.[

Alan Turinghttp://www.turing.org.uk/

Personal details:. He was

born on the 22nd of December

1905, London, England.

Why is he famous?:.

During World War II, Flowers

designed Colossus, the world's

first programmable electronic

computer, to help solve

encrypted German messages.

Tommy Flowershttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tommy_flowers.htm

Personal details:. He was born on the

28th of October, 1955, London,

England.

Why is he famous?:. He is an

American business magnate,

philanthropist, investor, computer

programmer, and inventor. Gates is the

former chief executive and chairman of

Microsoft, the world’s largest

personal-computer software company,

which he co-founded with Paul Allen.

Bill Gates

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/exec/billg/

Steve J:

Personal details:. He was bron on the 24th

of February, 1955, San Francisco,

Califorrnia.

Why is he famous?:. He was an American

entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who

was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of

Apple Inc.

Steve Jobs / Steve Wozniak

Steve W: Personal details:. He was born on the 11th of August 1950, California, U.S.A.

Why is he famous?: He is an American inventor, electronics engineer, and computer programmer who co-founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.)

http://allaboutstevejobs.com/

http://www.biography.com/people/steve-wozniak-9537334#awesm=~oChPBFdvXefsdK

Personal details: He was born on the

8th of June 1955, London, England.

Why is he famous?: He is a British

computer scientist, best known as the

inventor of the World Wide Web.

Tim Burners-Leewebfoundation.org/about/sir-tim-berners-lee

Personal details:. He was born on

the 14th May 1984, California, U.S.A.

Why is he famous?: He is an

American computer programmer,

Internet entrepreneur, and

philanthropist. He is best known as

one of five co-founders of the social

networking website Facebook. As of

April 2013, Zuckerberg is the

chairman and chief executive of

Facebook, Inc.

Mark Zukerberghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

Personal details:. He was

born on the 26th of March

1973, Michigan. U.S.A.

Why is he famous?:. is an

American Business magnate

and computer scientist who

is the co-founder of Google,

alongside Sergey Brin

Lawrence Pagehttp://www.biography.com/people/larry-page-12103347#awesm=~oCdN6Cgry7FYPL

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