Who invented the computer?

We could argue that the first computer was the abacus or its descendant, the slide rule, invented by William Oughtred in 1622. But the first computer resembling today’s modern machines was the Analytical Engine, a device conceived and designed by British mathematician Charles Babbage between 1833 and 1871.

Father of the computer

Charles Babbage

26 December 1791 - 18 October 1871

Reference

• http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-computer.htm