by jack darby https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc en-us 2015-09-29 11:42:11 UTC 2025-12-24 17:40:53 UTC hello@padlet.com What he's done https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650510 Created the first mechanical computer, and is considered

]]> 2015-09-29 11:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650510 Charles Babbage Jackdarby https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650511 Born - 26 December 1791 he was born in London, England

]]> 2015-09-29 11:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650511 Campaigning: https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650512 He campaigned against 'Public Nuisances', such as drunkenness and street music. He once counted every single piece of broken glass in a factory, marking the cause the each breakage totalling 464 panes.

]]> 2015-09-29 11:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650512 Babbages achievements  Jackdarby https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650513 at the young age of 8 Charles attended a country school in Alphington is a former manor and village which is now a suburb of exeter in Devon.

Charles was the top mathematician at peterhouse which was his college. he was given an honorary degree without examination in 1814.

]]> 2015-09-29 11:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650513 Death https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/4vb2is8ue5kc/wish/72650514 Died of Kidney Failure in October 1871; age 79.

Half of his brain is preserved at the London Science Museum.

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