History of Computers: Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Teignmouth, Devonshire, UK as the son of a banker called Benjamin Babbage. Some people know him as the "Father of Computing" as a result of his contributions to the basic design of the computer. A major contribution was his Analytic Machine. Before he built this he produced the Difference Engine which operated on 6-digit numbers, and was designed to solve 2nd order difference equations.

However, only a few people knew who he was when he died in 1871 in London. But nowadays every person studying the history of the computer knows many things about him such as punch cards, chains and subassemblies. Ultimately the logical structure of the modern computer come from him. Near the northern pole of the moon there is even a crater named after Charles Babbage.

The analytical engine devised by Charles Babbage included 5 features crucial to future computers:

an input device
a storage facility to hold numbers for processing
a processor or number calculator
a control unit to direct tasks to be performed
an output device

Unfortunately this engine never worked, because the technology of manufacturing exact technical parts was not developed far enough. This inaccuracies kept the machine from working.

But Charles Babbage did not only work in the field of computers. He also was responsible for other important inventions like dynamometer, standard railroad gauge, occulting lights for lighthouses, Greenwich time signals and many more.

Therefore Charles Babbage is known for his amazing intellect and profound thoughts.