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2 lug 2024 · Charles Babbage. 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 "father of the computer".
3 giorni fa · They represented the Renaissance in Cambridge; on the eve of the Reformation they brought orthodoxy and piety and the cause of learning into alliance. And they helped to bring to Cambridge, and to administer there, the benefactions of Lady Margaret, Countess of Richmond.
1 giorno fa · Another result of this pressure of numbers was that colleges undertook large building schemes, and King's, Trinity, St. John's, Corpus, and Peterhouse all built extensively in the fashionable neo-gothic style.
5 giorni fa · John Mason (Peterhouse), responsible for drawing up the first English map of Newfoundland and naming New Hampshire; St. John Philby (Trinity), leading Arabist and explorer of the Middle East; John Robinson (Corpus Christi), pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers
4 giorni fa · Cambridge William's father was able to make a generous provision for his favourite son's education and, in 1841, installed him, with extensive letters of introduction and ample accommodation, at Peterhouse, Cambridge .
3 giorni fa · See his English Binding before 1500 (1929), pp. 21–22, pl. 46–47; and Bindings in Cambridge Libraries (1929), p. 38, pl. xiii–xv. Pembroke contributed more than any other college to the latter book.
4 giorni fa · On 4th and 5th July, we will be open throughout the University of Cambridge Open Days for prospective applicants who are currently in their penultimate year of school (Year 12 in England and Wales, Year 13 in Northern Ireland or equivalent) and are considering applying to Peterhouse.
