City of Westminster
Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871) mathematician & pioneer of the modern computer, lived in a house on this site, 1829 - 1871.
St. Marylebone Society
This is where Babbage died.
W1, Dorset Street, 1
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Babbage - W1
Mathematician and pioneer of the modern computer. Probably born in Crosby Row...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Babbage - W1
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The Conversation points out that this house was convenient for 3 addresses frequented by Hayden: Hanover Square Concert Rooms (where he p...
The decorative shield is in the pediment. The Iyengar plaque is below the window on the left. Although the New Cross (Equitable) Buildin...
From the asymmetry and the quality of the carving the '1930' looks to be a later addition. Plaques of this type normally have a year so ...
Sir Bernard Spilsbury, 1877 - 1947, forensic pathologist, lived here, 1912 - 1940. English Heritage
