by jack darby https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/q4jleowq4xtn en-us 2015-09-29 11:23:21 UTC 2015-09-29 11:43:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Charles Babbage Jackdarby https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72648077 Born - 26 December 1791 he was born in London, England

]]> 2015-09-29 11:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72648077 Death https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72648444 Died of Kidney Failure in October 1871; age 79.

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

]]> 2015-09-29 11:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72648444 Babbages achievements  Jackdarby https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72648744 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/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72648744 Campaigning: https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72649214 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/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72649214 What he's done https://padlet.com/Jackdarby/q4jleowq4xtn/wish/72650382 Created the first mechanical computer, and is considered the 'father of computing'

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