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Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)

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Charles Babbage

KH FRS

Babbage in 1860

Born(1791-12-26)26 December 1791

London, England

Died18 October 1871(1871-10-18) (aged 79)

Marylebone, London, England

Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge
Known forAnalytical engine
Difference engine
Spouse

Georgiana Whitmore

(m. 1814; died 1827)​
Children8, including Benjamin Herschel Babbage and Henry Prevost Babbage
RelativesWilliam Wolryche-Whitmore (brother-in-law)
AwardsGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society(1824)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, engineering, political economy, computer science
InstitutionsTrinity College, Cambridge, Peterhouse, Cambridge

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