Charles Babbage green plaque

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It was within these walls, or rather their Victorian predecessors, that Charles Babbage spent the final three decades of his life working tirelessly on his mechanical calculating machines. After moving to this Dorset Street address in 1839, Babbage used the house as both his residence and workshop, ...

Location

1a Dorset Street, Westminster

Inscription

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) mathematician & pioneer of the modern computer lived in a house on this site 1839-1871