Charles Xavier Thomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Xavier Thomas

French computer pioneer

Date of Birth: 05-May-1785

Place of Birth: Colmar, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1870

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, mathematician, inventor, patent inventor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar (May 5, 1785 – March 12, 1870) was a French inventor and entrepreneur best known for designing, patenting and manufacturing the first commercially successful mechanical calculator, the Arithmometer, and for founding the insurance companies Le Soleil and L'aigle which, under his leadership, became the number one insurance group in France at the beginning of the Second Empire.