| Charles Babbage | |
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 Charles Babbage in the sponsor section | |
| Character information | |
| Birth name | Charles Babbage |
| Nickname(s) | Father of the Computer |
| Born | December 26, 1791 London, England |
| Died | October 18, 1871 (aged 79) Marylebone, London |
| Physical description | |
| Hair | Gray |
| Eyes | Blue |
| News information | |
| Hosted | Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa |
| Release date | November 27, 2021 |
| “ | I'm Charles Babbage, and I invented the computer!
— Charles Babbage
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Charles Babbage appeared at the end of Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa to talk about the battle's sponsor, NordVPN, alongside Theodore Roosevelt. He was voiced by Nice Peter.
Information on the host
Charles Babbage was born on December 26th, 1791 in London, England. He was a polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Babbage is considered by some to be "father of the computer". Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer, the Difference Engine, that eventually led to more complex electronic designs, though all the essential ideas of modern computers are to be found in Babbage's Analytical Engine, programmed using a principle openly borrowed from the Jacquard loom. Babbage had a broad range of interests in addition to his work on computers covered in his book Economy of Manufactures and Machinery. His varied work in other fields has led him to be described as "pre-eminent" among the many polymaths of his century.
Babbage, who died before the complete successful engineering of many of his designs, including his Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, remained a prominent figure in the ideating of computing. Parts of Babbage's incomplete mechanisms are on display in the Science Museum in London. In 1991, a functioning difference engine was constructed from Babbage's original plans. Built to tolerances achievable in the 19th century, the success of the finished engine indicated that Babbage's machine would have worked.
Trivia
- Babbage is the only ERB News host to only appear in a battle and not a dedicated ERB News video.