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
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| 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.
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