Charles Babbage was born in London on December 26, 1791. His father, Benjamin Babbage was a banker. When Charles was a child, he had a major interest in algebra, and was overall truly interested and gifted in mathematics. Cabbage attended Trinity College in Cambridge in 1811. He found himself to be much more advanced than the rest of his colleagues in mathematics. He went on and married Georgiana Whitmore in 1814.
Charles worked as a mathematician in his twenties. His goal was mainly in the calculus of functions. In 1816, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and was an important role in the founding of the Astronomical Society, which occurred in 1820. After this, he developed an interest in calculating machinery. .
One year after the Astronomical Society was formed, Charles invented the Difference Engine for mathematical tables. .
After he invented this, he slowly developed a machine that could solve any equation. It was called the Analytical Engine. It was invented in 1856, and its parts are a model for some modern day computers today. The Analytical Engine, however, was never completely constructed. After his death, they found many errors in the machine, and it was never a completed success. .
Babbage had a lot to say about topics concerning the labor process. In this quote he says, .
"the master manufacturer by dividing the work to be executed into different processes, each requiring different degrees of skill or of force, can purchase exactly that precise quantity of both which is necessary for each process; whereas, if the whole work were executed by one workman, that person must possess sufficient skill to perform the most difficult, and sufficient strength to execute the most laborious, of the operations into which the art is divided.".
Babbage's theory on the division of work and labor had a lasting effect on the working class in society. Many of his ideas are just being recently brought up, and he never lived to see most of the recognition for his hard work.
