Charles Babbage

R. Roffe1833

The National Museum of Computing
MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom

Charles Babbage is often referred to as the ‘Father of Computing’ due to his work designing the Analytical Engine, which he intended would use a form of many of the components now fundamental to modern computers.

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Title: Charles Babbage
Creator: R. Roffe
Date Created: 1833
Rights: Credit: Charles Babbage. Stipple engraving by R. Roffe, 1833. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution: Creative Commons 4.0 International, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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