# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-babbage
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:42:39.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-babbage"
name: "Benjamin Babbage"
slug: "benjamin-babbage"
description: "Benjamin Herschel Babbage was an English engineer, scientist, explorer and politician, best known for his work in the colony of South Australia. He invariably signed his name \"B. Herschel Babbage\" and was frequently referred to as \"Herschel Babbage\". He was the son of English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage."
tagline: "Australian engineer, explorer and politician (1815-1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Babbage.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1815-08-06"
deathDate: "1878-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.292370666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "بنيامين هيرشيل باباج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Herschel_Babbage"
    title: "Benjamin Herschel Babbage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Բենջամին Հերշել Բեբիջ"
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    title: "Бэббидж, Бенджамин Гершель"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump