Charles Babbage was an English mathematician. He was also a mechanical engineer who is well known for orginating the concept of computer. He was born on 26 December, 1791 in London. He entered Trinity College in October, 1810. He was transferred to Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was the top mathematician there: He received an Honours degree without examination in 1814. He was elected a fellow of the Royal University in 1816. Babbage famous for inventing the first mechanical computer in 1822 that eventually led to today's computer. He died at his home in London on 18 October, 1871. .
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Charles Babbage KH FRS (/ˈbæbɪdʒ/; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath.[1] A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.[2]
Charles Babbage
KH FRS
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Charles Babbage
Born
26 December 1791
London (likely Southwark)
Died
18 October 1871 (aged 79)
Marylebone, London, UK
Nationality
English
Citizenship
British
Alma mater
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Known for
Difference engine
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics, engineering, political economy, computer science
Institutions
Trinity College, Cambridge
Influences
Robert Woodhouse, Gaspard Monge, John Herschel
Influenced
Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, Ada Lovelace
Signature
Charles Babbage Signature.svg
Babbage is considered by some to be "father of the computer".[2][3][4][5] Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer, the Difference Engine, that eventually led to more complex electronic designs, though all the essential ideas of modern computers are to be found in Babbage's Analytical Engine.[2][6] His varied work in other fields has led him to be described as "pre-eminent" among the many polymaths of his century.[1]
Babbage, who died before the complete successful engineering of many of his designs, including his Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, remained a prominent figure in the ideating of computing. Parts of Babbage's incomplete mechanisms are on display in the Science Museum in London. In 1991, a functioning difference engine was constructed from Babbage's original plans. Built to tolerances achievable in the 19th century, the success of the finished engine indicated that Babbage's machine would have worked.