The scientist Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage

Living place: London

Birthday: 26-12-1791

Global rank: #21937

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Who is The scientist Charles Babbage?
Charles Babbage is a British mathematician, mechanical engineer, philosopher and inventor. He was a scientist who first laid the foundation for the world's computer technology. He was the one who invented the first mechanical calculator. With knowledge in many fields, he is considered a genius, a person with preeminent talent for his inventions in the century he lived. Currently, part of Babbage's unfinished engine is on display at the Science Museum in London, England.
Scientist Charles Babbage attended Cambridge University from October 1810. During this time he taught himself and studied mathematics through mathematicians Robert Woodhouse, Marie Agnesi and Joseph Louis Lagrange. But then he got bored with the standard math program at Cambridge University. In 1812 Babbage and scientists John Herschel, George Peacock and some others founded the Union analysis association. He also joined a number of other organizations such as The Ghost Club, an organization that researches supernatural phenomena, and the Extractors Club. Also in 1812 Charles moved to Peterhouse, Cambridge, he became the leading mathematician there, but he did not receive any honorary degree.
Scientist Charles Babbage lived and worked for more than 40 years at Dorset Street, Marylebone. He died on October 18, 1871. His body was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in England. After Charles Babbage died, his name was mentioned in the steampunk. Charles Babbage's films and novels include: As a Great Thinker in the video game "Civilization Revolutio", in the 2008 short "Babbage", and in "The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage" by Sydney Padua.
Publication:
  • A Comparative View of the Various Institutions for the Assurance of Lives (1826)
  • Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes (1830)
  • On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (4th ed. ) (1835)
  • The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, a Fragment. London: John Murray (1837)
  • Table of the Logarithms of the Natural Numbers from 1 to 108000. London: William Clowes and Sons (1841)
  • The Exposition of 1851
  • Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1864)
  • Hyman, Anthony, ed. Science and Reform
 
 

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Charles Babbage was one of four children born to Benjamin Babbage and Betsy Plumleigh Teape. His father and a partner, William Praed, founded Praed's & Co. in Fleet Street, London, in 1801.
July 25, 1814 Charles married Georgiana Whitmore at St. Michael in Teignmouth, Devon. He and his wife have eight children, Benjamin Herschel Babbage; Charles Whitmore Babbage; Georgiana Whitmore Babbage; Edward Stewart Babbage; Francis Moore Babbage; Dugald Bromhead (Bromheald? ) Babbage; (Maj-Gen) Henry Prevost Babbage; Alexander Forbes Babbage. But only his four children survived: Benjamin Herschel, Dugald Bromhead, Henry Prevost and Georgiana Whitmore.
Charles' wife died in Worcester on September 1, 1827, the same year as Charles' father and two children. His son Charles and newborn son Alexander.

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Charles Babbage was born in 26-12-1791, death year is , at the age of 233.
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Charles Babbage was born in London, of England. Mr, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Charles Babbage's global rank is 21937 and whose rank is 43 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1791 and 26-12

Birthday Charles Babbage (26-12) in history

  • Day 26-12 year 1776: The founder of the United States, George Washington, defeated the Hessians at Trenton.
  • Day 26-12 year 1865: James H. Nason received a patent for a coffee percolator.
  • Day 26-12 year 1966: The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.
  • Day 26-12 year 1972: The 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo.
  • Day 26-12 year 1985: Zoologist Dian Fossey was found murdered in Rwanda.
  • Day 26-12 year 1996: JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her Boulder, Colo., home.
  • Day 26-12 year 2004: In the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in 40 years, triggered a tsunami that ultimately killed more than 280,000.
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