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Charles Babbage
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<h1>CHARLES BABBAGE</h1>
<h1 id="diff">The Father Of Computers</h1>
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"A tool is usually more simple than a machine;<br> it is generally used with the hand,<br> whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power."
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Charles Babbage(26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Considered by some to be a "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer 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. 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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Babbage's birthplace is disputed, but according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography he was most likely born at 44 Crosby Row, Walworth Road, London, England. A blue plaque on the junction of Larcom Street and Walworth Road commemorates the event.
His date of birth was given in his obituary in The Times as 26 December 1792; but then a nephew wrote to say that Babbage was born one year earlier, in 1791. The parish register of St. Mary's Newington, London, shows that Babbage was baptised on 6 January 1792, supporting a birth year of 1791.Read on to explore more about his life and works here <a href="https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/charles-babbage-3709.php">here</a>
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1791<br>
<i>December 26</i> Birth in London<br>
1811<br>
Entered Trinity College, Cambridge<br>
1812<br>
Transferred to Peterhouse, Cambridge<br>
1814<br>
Received an honorary degree without examination from Peterhouse<br>
1814<br>
Married Georgiana Whitmore, they had eight children, but only three lived to adulthood<br>
1816<br>
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and founded the Astronomical Society<br>
1817<br>
Received MA from Cambridge<br>
1820<br>
Founded the Analytical Society with John Herschel and George Peacock<br>
1821<br>
Began work on the Difference Engine, intended to compile and print mathematical tables<br>
1822<br>
He first discussed the principles of calculating engine in a letter to Sir Humphrey<br>
1827<br>
Published a table of logarithms from 1 to 108000<br>
1827<br>
Babbage’s father, wife, and one son died<br>
1828<br>
Appointed to the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge<br>
1831<br>
Founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science<br>
1832<br>
A small portion of the Difference Engine, completed by Babbage’s engineer, Joseph Clement<br>
1832<br>
The British government suspended funding for his Difference Engine<br>
1832 <br>
Published “Economy of Manufactures and Machinery”<br>
1833<br>
Began work on the Analytical Engine, intended to perform any mathematical task<br>
1833<br>
Ada Augusta Lovelace begins documentation of Babbage’s calculating machines<br>
1834<br>
Founded the Statistical Society of London<br>
1842<br>
“Sketch of the Analytical Engine” by Luigi F. Menebrea published<br>
1843<br>
In the “Notes” Ada described how the Analytical Engine could be programmed<br>
1854<br>
George Schertz, constructed a machine based on the designs for the Difference Engine<br>
1856<br>
Design of the Analytical Engine completed, uses Jacquard’s punch card idea for programming<br>
1864<br>
Published “Passages from the Life of a Philosopher”<br>
1871<br>
<i>October 18, 1871</i> Charles Babbage Died in London, England<br>
1985<br>
Science Museum of London launched a project to build a complete Babbage Engine<br>
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Plan 28
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In 2011, researchers in Britain proposed a multimillion-pound project, "Plan 28", to construct Babbage's Analytical Engine. Since Babbage's plans were continually being refined and were never completed, they intended to engage the public in the project and crowd-source the analysis of what should be built. It would have the equivalent of 675 bytes of memory, and run at a clock speed of about 7 Hz. They hope to complete it by the 150th anniversary of Babbage's death, in 2021
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Babbage`s Family
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On 25 July 1814, Babbage married Georgiana Whitmore at St. Michael's Church in Teignmouth, Devon; her sister Louisa married Edward Ryan.s The couple lived at Dudmaston Hall, Shropshire (where Babbage engineered the central heating system), before moving to 5 Devonshire Street, London in 1815
Charles and Georgiana had eight children, but only four – Benjamin Herschel, Georgiana Whitmore, Dugald Bromhead and Henry Prevost – survived childhood. Charles' wife Georgiana died in Worcester on 1 September 1827, the same year as his father, their second son (also named Charles) and their newborn son Alexander.
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