Charles Babbage
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zapster
What were some of his well-known eccentricities?
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swartzy
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He once contacted the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson to inform him that

Every moment dies a man,
Every moment 1 1/16 is born.

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wellis
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He hated street music, especially organ grinders.
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