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Presentation by

Aneesh B Chandran

MPOB, MBA, ASIET

Prof. Nimal C Namboodiripad

• Born in Dec 26,1791 in UK. Died

on Oct 18, 1871

• Son of Benjamin Babbage &

Betsy Plumleigh Teape

• Famous as Mathematician, • Famous as Mathematician,

philosopher, mechanical

engineer and computer scientist

• Studied at Cambridge

• Married Georgina Whitmore in

1814

• Was professor of Mathematics at

Cambridge

� Basic Computer design – Difference Machine,

Analytical Machine, PrinterAnalytical Machine, Printer

� Founder Of Analytical Society in 1812

� Babbage Principle (Management)

� Discovery of Operational Research

� Application of Mathematics to Solve Industrial

Problems

• Englishman who first came up with the idea of division of

labour- called Babbage Principle

• Each factory operation should be isolated and given to

different people to increase productivity

• More skilled and hence more paid workers should be

given high skilled jobs and vice versa

• Modern assembly line is based on his ideas

• It is an assumption inherent in Taylor’s Scientific

Management

• Won Gold Medal of Royal Astronomical Society in 1824 for

invention of engine for calculating mathematical &

astronomical tables. astronomical tables.

• His brain is preserved at the Science Museum, London