Charles Babbage

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computer science pioneer human inventor mathematician mechanical engineer

Charles Babbage was a 19th-century English mathematician, inventor, and mechanical engineer best known for designing early programmable computing machines such as the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer science pioneer → human → inventor → mathematician → mechanical engineer →
authorOf	On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures → Passages from the Life of a Philosopher →
birthDate	1791-12-26 →
birthPlace	England → London → United Kingdom →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain → United Kingdom →
deathDate	1871-10-18 →
deathPlace	England → London →
designed	Analytical Engine → Difference Engine →
educatedAt	Peterhouse, Cambridge → Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
familyName	Babbage →
fieldOfWork	computer science → mathematics → mechanical engineering → political economy →
fullName	Charles Babbage →
gender	male →
givenName	Charles →
hasOccupation	inventor → mathematician → mechanical engineer →
heldPosition	Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge →
influenced	Ada Lovelace → development of modern computers →
knownFor	Analytical Engine → Difference Engine → concept of programmable computer → pioneering work in computing →
memberOf	Royal Astronomical Society → Royal Society → Royal Society of Edinburgh →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableIdea	mechanical computation → separation of store and mill (memory and processor) →
positionHeldEnd	1839 →
positionHeldStart	1828 →
proposed	use of punched cards for programming →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	London →
spouse	Georgiana Whitmore →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ada Lovelace →	collaborator
Charles Babbage ("Babbage") →	familyName
Royal Astronomical Society →	foundedBy
Charles Babbage →	fullName
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics →	hasHolder
Peterhouse, Cambridge →	hasNotableAlumnus
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics →	hasNotableHolder
Ada Lovelace →	influencedBy
Charles →	notableBearer
Kensal Green Cemetery →	notableBurial