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Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer

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Born 1791
Died 1871

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  • Cover of: On the economy of machinery and manufactures

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  • Cover of: Reflections on the decline of science in England, and on some of its causes.

    Cover of edition reflectionsondec0000babb Cover of edition reflectionsondec0000babb_z2z8 First published in 1830 — 33 editions
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  • Cover of: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • Cover of: Reflections on the Decline of Science in England: Large Print

    First published in 2018 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The works of Charles Babbage

    First published in 1987 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Works of Charles Babbage

    First published in 1989 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The ninth Bridgewater treatise.: A fragment.

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  • Cover of: Exposition Of 1851: Or, Views of the Industry, the Science, and the Government, of England

    First published in 2012 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Table of the Logarithms of the Natural Numbers: From 1 To 108000

    First published in 2015 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The ninth bridgewater treatise: a fragment

    First published in 1841 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Exposition of 1851.

    First published in 1851 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Exposition Of 1851: Or Views of the Industry, the Science and the Government of England

    First published in 2013 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Charles Babbage and his calculating engines: selected writings by Charles Babbage and others.

    First published in 1834 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Examples of the solutions of functional equations

    First published in 1820 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Table of logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108,000.

    First published in 1827 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives.

    First published in 1826 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Table of the logarithms of the natural numbers, from 1 to 108000.

    First published in 1829 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: An analysis of the statistics of the Clearing House during the year 1839: with an appendix on the London and New York clearing houses, and on the London Railway Clearing House

    First published in 1856 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: exposition of 1851; or, views of the industry, the science and the government of England.

    First published in 1969 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: How to invent machinery

    First published in 1899 — 2 editions
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Born 1791
Died 1871

Subjects

Calculators, Science, History, Mathematics, Biography, Natural theology, Tables, Income tax, Taxation, Correspondence, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England), Logarithms, Machinery, Mathematicians, Scientists, Babbage, charles, 1792-1871, Computers, Early works to 1900, Life insurance, Mortality, Notation, Economics, Functional equations, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50043081, Manufactures

Places

Great Britain, England, Europe, Italy, London, London (England), Mediterranean Sea, New York, New York (State), Pozzuoli, Switzerland

People

Charles Babbage (1791-1871), Georg Scheutz (1785-1873)

Time

1961-

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Alternative names

  • Babbage, Charles, 1792-1871.
  • Charles Babbage
  • Charles Babbage 1832
  • Babbage, Charles, Charles

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September 8, 2023 Edited by David Scotson added data from wikidata
September 8, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Added new photo
September 8, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import