Charles Babbage ( 1791 - 1871 )

Birth: Teignmouth, Devon, England (26 December 1791) Death: London (18 October 1871) Profession: Mathematician Research Field: Mathematics, computer logic, computer technology Education: Holmwood School, Ponder's End (with Frederick Marryat (FRS 1819)); entered Trinity College, Cambridge (1811), but graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge.