Quote by: Charles Babbage

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.


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Author Bio


  • NameCharles Babbage
  • Descriptionmathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer
  • BornDecember 26, 1791
  • DiedOctober 18, 1871
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionMathematician; Computer Scientist; Engineer; Economist; Philosopher
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society