Joseph Clement
British engineer
Quick Facts
- Baptized:
- June 13, 1779, Great Asby, Westmorland [now Cumbria], England
- Died:
- February 28, 1844, London
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 renowned engineering firms: that of Joseph Bramah, for whom he was chief draftsman and superintendent of his factory, and that of Henry Maudslay, also as ...(100 of 230 words)