Charles Babbage

Un mathematico, philosopho, inventor, ingeniero e academico, ille es plus famose como un pionero de computation.

Charles Babbage
Pronunciation del nomine
Sexo	mascule
Nascentia	1791-12-26, 1791 (London, Walworth)
Decesso	1871-10-18, 1871 (Marylebone)
Causa de decesso	insufficientia renal[*]
Loco de reposo	Kensal Green Cemetery[*]
Citatania	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[*]
Educate in	Peterhouse[*], Trinity College[*], Totnes Grammar School[*], King Edward VI Community College[*]
Occupation	mathematico, computer scientist[*], inventor, economista[*], philosopho[*], professor universitari[*], ingeniero[*], Astronomo, scriptor
Obras notabile	analytical engine[*]
Religion	Christianismo
Conjuge	Georgiana Whitmore[*]
Infantes	Benjamin Babbage[*], Henry Babbage[*]
Premios	Fellow of the Royal Society[*], Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[*], Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[*], Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[*], Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order[*]
Lingua	anglese
Signatura
Identificatores
ISNI	0000000108645872
VIAF	4963723
Commons	Charles Babbage

Babbage creava le designo del prime computator mechanic − un "motor de differentias". Ille designava etiam un "motor analytic", que introduceva le concepto de un computator programmabile con usages foras arithmetic. Le machinas non era realisate, ma iste obras era le fundation del conceptos del computatores electric del futuro. Un modello functionante de un ingenio de differentias era completate in 1991, e le machina opperava succeditemente.

Babbage etiam contribueva obras in le campos de astronomia, cryptographia, metrologia, recerca operational, economia politic e theologia, e adjutava planar le posta public.