Henry Prevost Babbage
(Redirected from Henry Babbage)
Henry Prevost Babbage | |
|---|---|
| File:Henry Babbage.jpg | |
| Born | 1824 |
| Died | 29 January 1918[1] |
| Allegiance | East India Company |
| Branch | Bengal Army |
| Rank | Major general |
| Alma mater | |
| Other work | Babbage's Calculating Engines |
Henry Prevost Babbage (1824–1918) was a soldier in the Bengal Army of the East India Company. After retiring with the rank of major general, he continued the work of his father, Charles Babbage, whom he had assisted as a student. He organised and edited his father's papers and prototypes and arranged for their publication and completion. These works included Babbage's Calculating Engines (1889) and a working Analytical Engine Mill – a simplified portion of the full Analytical Engine design.[2]
Military career
[edit | edit source]He was brevetted as a colonel in the Bengal Staff Corps on 10 June 1874.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
