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His father, Benjamin Babbage, was a partner in the banking firm of Praed, Mackworth and Babbage and his mother’s name was Elizabeth, although she was known in the family as Betsy.
His father, Benjamin Babbage, was a partner in the banking firm of Praed, Mackworth and Babbage and his mother’s name was Elizabeth, although she was known in the family as Betsy.
Because he suffered from ill health as a child, Babbage was privately educated, first in Devon at Alphington, near Exeter, and then at Forty Hill in Enfield, Middlesex. He was passionate about mathematics, and after he left school continued to study at home with a tutor before he went to [[Cambridge]], first to Trinity College and then to Peterhouse, where he graduated in 1814 and received his master’s degree in 1817.
Because he suffered from ill health as a child, Babbage was privately educated, first in Devon at Alphington, near Exeter, and then at Forty Hill in Enfield, Middlesex. He was passionate about mathematics, and after he left school continued to study at home with a tutor before he went to [[Cambridge]], first to Trinity College and then to Peterhouse, where he graduated in 1814 and received his master's degree in 1817.
During his studies before going up to [[Cambridge]], Babbage had encountered the work of European mathematicians such as [[Leibniz]], [[Euler]] and [[Lacroix]], and found himself unsatisfied with the standard of teaching at Cambridge. He tried to buy Lacroix’s book on differential and integral calculus, but the [[Napoleonic Wars]] made it difficult to purchase anything from [[Europe]], and he eventually had to pay seven guineas for it, which was a very large sum of money in those days.
During his studies before going up to [[Cambridge]], Babbage had encountered the work of European mathematicians such as [[Leibniz]], [[Euler]] and [[Lacroix]], and found himself unsatisfied with the standard of teaching at Cambridge. He tried to buy Lacroix’s book on differential and integral calculus, but the [[Napoleonic Wars]] made it difficult to purchase anything from [[Europe]], and he eventually had to pay seven guineas for it, which was a very large sum of money in those days.