Joseph Clement

Joseph Clement (baptized June 13, 1779, Great Asby, Westmorland [now Cumbria], England—died February 28, 1844, London) was a British engineer who has been called the “first computer engineer” for his work on inventor Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine. Born into a weaver’s family, Clement learned metalworking skills and drawing and was soon building power looms in Aberdeen, where he designed his first tools. He moved to London in 1813, where he held high positions at two...