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Charles Babbage was born December 26 in London, England
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He married Georgiana Whitmore, they had eight children, but only three lived to adulthood
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He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and founded the astronomical Society
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He recieved MA from Cambridge
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He began work on the Difference Engine, intended to compile and print mathematical tables
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He first discussed the principles of a calculating engine in a letter to Sir Humphrey Davy
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He published a table of logarithms from 1 to 108000
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He founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science
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A small portion of the Difference Engine, completed by Babbage's engineer, Joseph Clement
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He published "Economy of Manufactures and Machinery"
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He began work on the Analytical Engine, intended to proform any mathematical task
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Conceptual design for Analytical Engine completed
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Begins work designing the Differences Engine No.2
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George Schertz, constructed a machine based on the designs for the Difference Engine
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The design of the Analytical Engine completed, uses Jacquard's punch card idea for programming
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He published "Passage from the Life of a Philosopher"
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Charles Babbage died October 18, 1871 in London, England