Charles Babbage
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, but many of them died before adulthood. It is also known that Babbage never really played with his toys, instead, he would dissect them. When Babbage grew up he attended many new schools. He ended up at Forty Hill, where he was famous for mischief but for some reason or another Babbage still studied. He did bad things like carved his name in his desks, violated his curfew, and insult the minister's sermons. He still found time to wake up with a friend at three in the morning and study in the library until five-thirty. Frederick Marryat, Babbage’s roommate and a future novelist, joined his morning study group. When Marryat began to attend regularly he started to bring more and more friends. And the once study group now became wild parties that were eventually broken up by
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Approximate Word count = 886
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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