Charles Babbage
(1791-1871), Mathematician and computer pioneerEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 5 portraits
Mathematician and computer pioneer. He devised a calculating machine, or 'analytical engine', to which he devoted much of his life and fortune. Professor of mathematics at Cambridge, 1829-39, and a founder of the Statistical Society, 1834.
by William Brockedon
black and red chalk, 1840
NPG 2515(33)
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1844-1845
NPG 414
by Antoine Claudet
daguerreotype, circa 1847-1851
NPG P28
by Henri Claudet
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18347
by John Linnell, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1833
NPG D16124
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