Charles Babbage is often called the "father of computing" because of his invention of the Analytical Engine. However, many people do not know the details of this very important man’s life. Charles Babbage was born on December 26, 1792, just about that same time that the industrial revolution was beginning. He was born in Teignmouth, Devon shire. Although not much is really known about his childhood, it is known that he had many brothers and sisters, …showed first 75 words of 879 total…

…showed last 75 words of 879 total…make things easier in our lives. He truly opened many doors for what we now have and we should be grateful. Charles Babbage died on October 18, 1871 in London a lonely, but brilliant man. Bibliography Works Cited Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge. Volume 2. Ano-Bas. Page 321. www.cbi.umn.edu/ (Look under Who was Charles Babbage?) www.ex.ac.uk/BABBAGE/welcome.html (Look under biography and family) www.museums.reading.ac.uk/vmoc/babbage/ (Look under biography)