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Charles Babbage: Facts and Information
Here are some facts about Charles Babbage.
- Charles Babbage was an English inventor, engineer and mathematician. He is best known for devising the first mechanical computer which led to modern advances in computers.
- Babbage was born in London in 1791, attended Cambridge University and became the college’s top mathematician.
- He and his friends at Cambridge founded the Ghost Club to investigate supernatural happenings.
- He helped to found the Astronomical Society in 1820.
He was also in charge of a survey of Ireland and helped to create Britain’s modern postal system.
- In 1822, Charles Babbage devised a machine able to perform mathematical calculations. He built a 12 metre long workshop in his garden, but was accused of wasting government money on the project.
- During the 1830s, Babbage worked on an analytical engine which would perform all sorts of calculations.
Babbage and his team produced over 7,000 pages of designs and notes for th