| Name | Biography |
| Charles Babbage |
| Date of birth: | December 26, 1791
London |
| Date of death: | October 18, 1871
London |
| Contributions: |
- Invented and developed the Difference Engine in 1821.
|
| Books: |
- A Comparative View of the Various Institutions for the Assurance of Lives
- Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
- On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
- Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
- Reflections on the Decline of Science in England
- Table of Logarithms of the Natural Numbers from 1 to 108,000
|
| Web Page: | http://www.cbi.umn.edu/exhibits/cb.html |
| Other: | Sometimes referred to as the father of computing. |
|
| Cohen, Fred | Please see Fred Cohen on our Computer People - F page. |
| Cray, Seymour | Please see Seymour Cray on our Computer People - S page. |
|
| |
| Index |
|
Category:
People
Companies:
None
Related Pages:
|
|
| Resolved |
Were you able to locate the answer to your questions?
|
| |
