babbage
...nes family and retained close ties with the region all his life. At the time of his birth “The West Country” as it was commonly called, was extraordinarily wealthy with its mining and engineering in the early stages of the industrial revolution. Charles was the son of Benjamin Babbage a successful and wealthy London banker. As a youth Babbage was his own instructor in algebra, of which he was passionately fond, and was well read in the continental mathematics of his day. Upon entering Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1811, he found himself far in advance of his tutors in mathematics. Babbage co-founded the Analytical Society for promoting continental mathematics and reforming the mathematics of Newton then taught at the university. Charles Babbage was born right at the start of the industrial revolution on December 26, 1791 in London, England. As it would turn out Babbage would play a crucial role in the scientific and technical development of the period to become one of the key figures in a great era of British history. Although born in London, Babbage came from an old Totnes family and retained close ties with the region all his life. At the time of his birth “The West Country” as it was commonly called...