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2 giorni fa · 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 ...
5 giorni fa · Peterhouse, Cambridge, owned c. 26 a. of land in Orwell in 1669 and 1837. Economic History. Orwell, with Malton, has been a predominantly agricultural parish since the 11th century, although several inhabitants in 1279 bore names such as faber, mercator, and textor.
4 giorni fa · The University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. This is a list of notable alumni from the University of Cambridge, featuring members of the University of Cambridge segregated in accordance with their fields of achievement.
1 giorno 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 .
4 giorni 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 · When the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge bought a charm, ‘the King’s Professor of Divinity in a famous university’ was being ridiculed for being ‘such a fool’ (p. 140). Second sight was being ridiculed as being limited ‘to a doting old woman or a hypochondriacal tailor’ (p. 159).
3 giorni fa · In 1284 Bishop Hugh gave the church of Thriplow to his new foundation, Peterhouse. The college retained the rectory with 65 a. of glebe and the great tithes. In 1840 it was allotted c. 55 a. as glebe, and the rectorial tithes were commuted for a rent charge of £617 12s.
