Charles Babbage

• Charles Babbage was born on December 26, 1791. He died on October 18, 1871.
• He was born in London and lived there for most of his life.
• Charles Babbage is an english mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first mechanical computer . He helped create the analytical engine and the difference engine .
• In 1843 Babbage's friend mathematician Ada Lovelace translated a French paper about the Analytical Engine and, in her own annotations, published how it could perform a sequence of calculations, the first computer program.
• Interesting Fact: He assisted in establishing the modern postal system in England.