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  2. Charles Babbage - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871) "Babbage" redirects here. For other uses, see Babbage (disambiguation). Charles Babbage KH FRS Babbage in 1860 Born (1791-12-26) 26 December 1791 London, England Died 18 October 1871 (1871-10-18) (aged 79) Marylebone, London ...

  3. Charles Babbage's Saturday night soirées - Wikipedia

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    A demo of Babbage's unfinished Difference engine was on display for guests at some of the gatherings. [8] He also displayed a mechanical dancer. [9] In her autobiography, Harriet Martineau describes Babbage's disappointment at his guests being more interested in this dancing doll - a toy - than in his demo of a computing machine.

  4. Lady Byron - Wikipedia

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    Anne Isabella Noel Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron (née Milbanke; 17 May 1792 – 16 May 1860), nicknamed Annabella and commonly known as Lady Byron, was an educational reformer and philanthropist who established the first industrial school in England, and was an active abolitionist.

  5. Ada Lovelace - Wikipedia

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    Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications ...

  6. Portrait of Ada Lovelace - Wikipedia

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    A contemporary of Charles Babbage she was one of the pioneers of computer science. [1] Carpenter emerged as a prominent female artist of the Regency era, producing fashionable society portraits that drew comparisons to Thomas Lawrence. [2] Lovelace is depicted in full-length white dress with a red cape over her shoulders.

  7. Horsley Towers - Wikipedia

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    Horsley Towers, East Horsley, Surrey, England is a country house dating from the 19th century. The house was designed by Charles Barry for the banker William Currie.The East Horsley estate was later sold to William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace who undertook two major expansions of the house to his own designs.

  8. The Real Reason Queen Elizabeth Skipped Her Son's Wedding - AOL

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    Charles’s son Prince William, and Camilla’s son, Tom Parker-Bowles, were on hand as witnesses, while Charles’s siblings, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, were also in attendance.

  9. Ninth Bridgewater Treatise - Wikipedia

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    [1] Babbage was not one of the invited scientists, and the Ninth Bridgewater Treatise was thus an unauthorised continuation of the series. [2] The book specifically responded to a quotation from William Whewell's volume in the original treatises, which stands as an epigraph on the title page of Babbage's book. Whewell dismissed "mechanical ...