Charles Babbage (Computers) Sarah Jayyousi 7C. Charles Babbage Born :26 December 1791,London, England. Died:18 October 1871 (aged 79) Marylebone, London,

Charles Babbage(Computers)

Sarah Jayyousi7C

Charles Babbage

• Born :26 December 1791,London, England.• Died:18 October 1871 (aged 79)

Marylebone, London, England• Nationality: English.• Charles was a Mathmatician,inventor,philosipher and

a mechanical engineer.• Charles has designed lot of machines and he was

called the father of computers.

Charles Education

• Charles father was rich which allowed him to receive education from several schools and tutors during his elementary school.

• At the age of 8 years, his parent send him to a country school in Alphington in-order to recover from life-threatening fever.

• He attended so many schools but his health forced him back to private tutors for a time.

• He then joined a 30-student Holmwood academy, in Baker Street, Enfield, Middlesex.

Charles Education Continued

• The Academy had a well-stocked library that prompted Babbage’s love of Mathematics, he progressed his education and accepted at Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1810.

• In 1812 Babbage transferred to Peterhouse,Cambridge.

• He was the top mathematician at Peterhouse, but did not graduate with honours. He instead received an honorary degree without examination in 1814.

Marriage, Family, Death

• On 25 July 1814, Babbage married to Georgiana at Whitmore at St. Michael's Church in Teignmouth, Devon.

• They moved to 5 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London.

• Charles and Georgiana had eight children, but only three stayed alive Benjamin Herschel, Georgiana Whitmore, and Henry Prevost — survived to adulthood. Georgiana died in Worcester on 1 September 1827. Charles' father, wife, and at least one son all died in 1827. These deaths caused Babbage to go into a mental breakdown which delayed the construction of his machines.

Marriage, Family, Death continued

• Charles Babbage died at age 79 on 18 October 1871, and was buried in London's Kensal Green Cemetery.

• Half of Babbage's brain is preserved at the Hunterian Museum in the Royal College of Surgeons in London.

Grave of Charles Babbage

Charles Brain

• Charles brain is now put in the Science Museum in London.

Design of Computers

• Babbage figured out mathematical tables could be calculated mechanically .

• He developed his mechanical machine to be used as the first mechanical computers

Other accomplishments

• In 1824, Babbage won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.

• From 1828 to 1839 Babbage was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge.

• Babbage also invented an ophthalmoscope

Pictures of Charles

Bibliography

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage#Marriage.2C_family.2C_death

• http://www.google.com.qa/images?q=charles%20babbage%20site:wikipedia.org&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADSA_enQA367QA378&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&safe=active

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