Charles Babbage Biography
Do you know who created or invented computer?
Who doesn’t know computers today?
Everyone knows it. Right?
But do you know who invented the computer?
Its Charles Babbage.
Charles Babbage is known as ‘Father of Computer‘.
Who is Charles Babbage?
Charles Babbage is a multi-talented genius from England.
He is a mathematician, philosopher, engineer and inventor.
He was the first person to work on Mechanical computer, Cryptography as early as 1845
Charles Babbage Biography
Here are facts about Charles Babbage.
| Date of Birth | 26-December-1791 |
| Birth Place | London, England |
| Father | Benjamin Babbage |
| Mother | Betsy Plumleigh Babbage |
| Spouse / Wife | Georgiana Whitmore |
| Kids | Benjamin Herschel Georgiana Whitmore Dugald Bromhead Henry Prevost |
| Education | King Edward VI Grammer School Holmwood Academy Trinity College, Cambridge Peterhouse, Cambridge |
| Career | Fellow of Royal Society – 1816 Established Astronomical Society – 1820 Published paper on ‘ Observations on the application of machinery to the computation of mathematical tables’ – 1822 Constructed small mechanical machine to compute table of squares (First computer) Invented Difference Engine – 1823 Worked with others on Arago’s rotation and electrodynamics – 1825 Published paper on ‘Comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives’ – 1826 Published his Submarine design – 1826 Lucasian Professor of mathematics at Cambridge – 1828 to 1839 Published paper on ‘Reflections on the Decline of Science and some of its Causes’ – 1830 Published ‘Babbage Principle’ on Operation Research – 1832 Worked on Cryptography – 1850 (was kept as military secret) |
| Major Works | Invented Computer Invented Difference Engine Initial Work on Operation Research, which is still used in organizations Established Astronomical Society His papers led to the formation of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) Independently studied Dendrochronology (study of tree rings) |
| Other facts | His friend Ada Lovelace is world’s first computer programmer. He had declined knighthood and Rank of Baronet |
| Memorials | A crater on the moon is named as ‘Charles Babbage’ ‘Charles Babbage Institute’, University of Minnesota ‘Charles Babbage Premium’, annual award for computing ‘The Babbage Programming Language’ |
| Death | Died on 1-October-1871 due to renal inadequacy |
Where is the brain of Charles Babbage?
Charles Babbage was genius. His brain is preserved- in fact in two different places !
One half of his brain is kept at ‘The Huntairian Museum’, at Royal College of Surgeons, London.
Other half of brain is kept for display at ‘Science Museum’, London.
Summary
Everyone of us should be thankful to Charles Babbage for inventing computer. Without his great invention, I think world would be completely different.
Imagine we without computer, internet, cell phone, etc.
THANK YOU Charles !