Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
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Babbage dreamed up the programmable computer in the 1800s—two centuries before anyone could actually build one. The mathematician and inventor sketched out machines that wouldn't exist until long after he died.
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Charles Babbage was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
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