Who
was He?
Mathematician and Inventor of calculating machine
(Forerunner to Computers).
Date and Place
of Birth:
26th December 1792, Teignmouth, Devon, England
Family Background: Son
of Benjamin Babbage, a partner in the banking
firm of Praed, Mackworth and Babbage.
Education:
Privately and Trinity and St. Peter's College,
Cambridge. Graduated 1814.
Chronology:
Founded the Analytical Society of Cambridge with
John Herschel and George Peacock.
His
ambition was to eliminate errors in astronomical
and mathematical tables by manufacturing machines
that calculated and printed without any human
intervention.
1834: First Manufacture
of Babbage's computer or "Difference Engine"
which achieved automatic printing.
Written Works:
-
1834: "Economy
of Machines."
Marriage:
Places of Interest:
Date and Place
of Death:
18th October 1871, London, England.
Age at Death:
78.
Site of Grave:
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London.
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