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Charles Babbage green plaque
Charles Babbage · Mathematician
Inscription
“Charles Babbage (1791-1871) mathematician & pioneer of the modern computer lived in a house on this site 1839-1871”
Details
1791-1871
Life dates
1a Dorset Street, Westminster
W1U
Erected 1996
City of Westminster, St Marylebone Society
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