Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage (December 26 1791 – October 18 1871) was an English mathematician, analytical philosopher and (proto-) computer scientist who originated the idea of a programmable computer. Parts of his uncompleted mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum. In 1991, working from Babbage's original plans, a difference engine was completed, and functioned perfectly. It was built to tolerances achievable in the 19th century, indicating that Babbage's machine would have worked.

External links

• {{MacTutor Biography|id=Babbage}}
• Science Museum's exhibit on the Difference engine
• Economy of Machinery and Manufactures at Archive for the History of Economic Thought
• {{gutenberg author|id=Charles_Babbage|name=Charles Babbage}}
• The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
• Francis Baily, "On Mr. Babbage's new machine for calculating and printing mathematical and astronomical tables" Astronomische Nachrichten, 2 (1824) 407/408
• "Address of the President of the Astronomical Society of London, on presenting the Gold Medal of the Society to Charles Baggage , Esq." Astronomische Nachrichten, 3 (1825) 169/170
• Obituary of Charles Babbage in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 32 (1872) 101
• Babbage's grave is in Kensal Green Cemetery London. Famous Economists Grave Sites.