Some points about Charles Babbage
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Fact 1
He was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered now for originating the concept of a programmable computer.
Fact 2
Considered a “father of the computer”, Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs.
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His varied work in other fields has led him to be described as “pre-eminent” among the many polymaths of his century.
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He briefly worked in setting up actuarial tables for insurance companies, but didn't pursue a career there.
Babbage struggled financially until his father's death, when he inherited a large sum of the estate; his wife died in the same year, and Babbage began to travel extensively.
While he was traveling abroad, he learned that he had been accepted to a position to teach at Cambridge.
While at Cambridge, he helped found the Astronomical Society in 1820 and brought more purpose to the original Analytical Society that he'd helped form as a student.
One of the chief purposes of the new effort was to create a French-to-English translation of a groundbreaking new calculus text.
Throughout the years, Babbage and Herschel dabbled with a project known as the "difference engine," which laid the groundwork for a programmable computer.
The work he conducted on this device and its resulting follow-up prototypes led to the establishment of the revolutionary Babbage principle, which demonstrated the advantage to having division of labor in industry.
A fully working prototype of another Babbage difference engine was built in 1991, based off of the detailed plans that Babbage left behind.