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  1. Charles Babbage - Wikipedia

    Charles Babbage KH FRS (/ ˈbæbɪdʒ /; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. [1] A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage …

  2. Charles Babbage | Biography, Computers, Inventions, & Facts

    Dec 22, 2025 · Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer. He designed two calculating devices, the …

  3. The First Computer: Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine

    May 11, 2025 · Charles Babbage invented a device called the Analytical Engine, which was the first true computer idea. The Analytical Engine could solve many problems and was the first …

  4. The Babbage Engine | Babbage Engine | Computer History …

    Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed the first automatic computing engines. He invented computers but failed to build them. The first complete Babbage Engine …

  5. The History of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine ... - History-Computer

    May 23, 2025 · Created by Charles Babbage, the Analytical Engine was a general-purpose, completely program-controlled, mechanical digital computer with no human intervention. It was …

  6. Charles Babbage - DPMA

    Dec 10, 2025 · On 18 October 1871, an all-round genius died who is now considered the "father of the computer": Charles Babbage. His "Analytical Engine" anticipated many features of …

  7. Charles Babbage - Computer Hope

    Sep 7, 2025 · Designed the first mechanical computer, which he called the "Difference Engine" — a machine that could solve polynomial equations without using multiplication or division. He …

  8. Charles Babbage And The First Computer I Oxford Open Learning

    Babbage, frustrated by these inaccuracies, asked himself a revolutionary question: Could a machine do this work more reliably? From this question arose his first major invention: the …

  9. Analytical engine - Wikipedia

    The analytical engine was a proposed digital mechanical general-purpose computer designed by the English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. [2][3] It was first …

  10. Charles Babbage: The Visionary “Father of the Computer

    Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer by Anthony Hyman (1982). A comprehensive biography of Babbage that covers his life, inventions, and historical context in detail.