Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage was an English mathematician who designed the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine, two mechanical calculating machines.
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Last mentioned Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was an English mathematician and inventor. He designed the Difference Engine to calculate mathematical tables automatically and then conceived the Analytical Engine, a general-purpose machine controlled by cards.
Neither machine was completed in his lifetime, but he was the first to work out the idea of a programmable general-purpose calculator, and he is often called the father of the computer.
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