Percy Ludgate: West Cork’s own computer pioneer

Computer pioneer Percy Ludgate is not a household name like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs — but a team of researchers based at Trinity College Dublin has set about changing that, writes Kevin O'Neill.

Percy Ludgate: West Cork’s own computer pioneer

Computer pioneer Percy Ludgate is not a household name like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs — but a team of researchers based at Trinity College Dublin has set about changing that, writes Kevin O'Neill.

Rather than sitting with those contemporary names, Ludgate is more at home alongside Charles Babbage, the mathematician and inventor who originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.

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