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3 days ago · Trinity College, Cambridge, Peterhouse, Cambridge. Signature. Charles Babbage KH FRS ( / ˈbæbɪdʒ /; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. [1] A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. [2] Babbage is considered by some to be ...
2 days ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
5 days ago · Last week I wrote about how Charles Brace set up homes for homeless children but did not see institutionalization as ideal. He wondered whether it was possible… Overall, the Children’s Aid Society placed close to one thousand children per year during the mid- and late-1850s, two thousand per year by the late 1860s, and close to four ...
4 days ago · When King Charles married his first wife, Diana, in a lavish ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral, there was one detail that he was seriously unhappy about and had to be altered before the big day ...
3 days ago · One Piece: Every Straw Hat Pirate's Age, Height, And Birthday. Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga debuted in 1997 and has been a staple of Shonen Jump ever since. Producing over 1000 chapters and 100 ...
5 days ago · A weary old man with a grey beard and a limp shuffled into the room to deliver a speech that would change the course of the land. The man was Emperor Charles V. Now aged 55, he was tired of spending his days rifling through papers of state and worrying about Protestant upstarts.
5 days ago · In 1675, eighteen-year-old Charles was created Earl of Plymouth. King Charles II took great care in selecting a wife for Charles. At St. Mary’s Church in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, on September 19, 1678, Charles married Lady Bridget Osborne, the daughter of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds , the Lord High Treasurer for King Charles II.
