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Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871)
- polymath, KH FRS, Victorian gentleman etc.
- mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer
- "father of the computer"
- author of "difference engine" (could solve polynomial equations of 7th order)
- author of "analytical engine" (a generic programmable computer)
"the true value of ... religion rested, not on speculative [theology] upon those doctrines of kindness and benevolence which that religion claims and enforces, not merely in favour of man himself but of every creature susceptible of pain or of happiness" C. Babbage
