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Charles Babbage - Father of Computer

Charles Babbage, born 26-Dec-1791 in Teignmouth, England, is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time & is called Father of the Computer for his contribution in the field of mathematics & computing, the most remarkable being ‘originating of the modern programmable computer’. Charles Babbage graduated from the Cambridge University and during his youth was selected to be a Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 24. Babbage became the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the Cambridge University in the year 1827 and held the post for almost 12 years but never taught for most of his time was spent in research.

Babbage was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor & mechanical engineer and his uncompleted mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum. In 1830 he published “Reflections on the Decline of Science in England”, a controversial work that resulted in the formation of the British Association for the Advancement of Science after 1 year. In 1834 Babbage published his most influential work “On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures”, in which he proposed an early form of operational research. The same year he invented the principle of the analytical engine, the forerunner of the modern electronic computer.

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