Charles Babbage
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Charles Babbage Science
an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
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Born
26 December 1791 London (likely Southwark )
Died
18 October 1871 (aged 79) Marylebone, London, UK
Nationality
English
Known for
Difference engine
Fields
Mathematics, engineering, political economy, computer science
Alma mater
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Institutions
Trinity College, Cambridge
adultbasic
Britain
Citizenship
British
era
1800+
Influenced
Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, Ada Lovelace
Influences
Robert Woodhouse, Gaspard Monge, John Herschel