Pierre Jaquet-Droz
Updated: 05/22/2018 by Computer Hope
Name: Pierre Jaquet-Droz
Born: 1721
Death: 1790 (Age: 69)
Computer-related contributions
- Swiss-born watchmaker and inventor living in France who is noted for his designs of animated dolls, or automata, to help his firm sell watches and mechanical birds. Some consider these devices to be the oldest examples of the computer.