Original: Charles Babbage, FRS (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871)GRO Register of Deaths: December 1871 1a 383 MARYLEBONE - Charles Babbage, aged 79 was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer.
Simplified: Charles Babbage (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English mathematician, analytical philosopher, mechanical engineer and computer scientist who originated the idea of a computer that could be programmed.