Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871

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Charles Babbage was a British mathematician and inventor. He helped found the Analytical Society, The Royal Astronomical Society, and the Statistical Society, and was a member of the Royal Academy. He invented several mechanical calculating machines, and designed an analytical engine that anticipated the digital computer. He also helped establish the modern English postal system, compiled the first reliable actuarial tables, and invented the locomotive cowcatcher.

From the description of Charles Babbage letter to Mary Shepherd, 1826 July 14. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 58726274

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creatorOf	Ada King, Countess of Lovelace manuscript material : 16 items, 1840-1851	The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn	Adolphe Quetelet correspondence, 1822-1872, 1822-1872	American Philosophical Society
referencedIn	Albert Stephens Borgman autograph collection, 1600-1950.	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Album materials, 1777-1925	American Philosophical Society
referencedIn	Alexander von Humboldt miscellaneous correspondence, 1789-1859, 1789-1859	American Philosophical Society
referencedIn	Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883. Collection 1827-1882	Princeton University Library
referencedIn	Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883. Stephen Alexander collection, 1827-1882.	Princeton University Library
referencedIn	Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883. Stephen Alexander letter, 1837, Jun. 9, Princeton, to "My dear Sir."	Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn	An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, 1799-1882	American Philosophical Society
referencedIn	Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982	Houghton Library

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associatedWith	Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
associatedWith	Alexander, John H., 1812-1867.
correspondedWith	Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883.
associatedWith	Babbage, Charles
associatedWith	Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
associatedWith	Bache, Albert Dabadie, 1832-1895
associatedWith	Barnes, H. B. (Henry Broughton)
associatedWith	Berg, Herman.
associatedWith	Biddle, Clement C. (Clement Cornell), 1784-1855.
associatedWith	Bond, W. C. (William Cranch), 1789-1859