Labels:text | font | screenshot | document | paper | black and white OCR: 1792 Born on March 7 in Slough, Berkshire, England. He is educated at three schools, including Eton College, and by private tutor at home. 1809 Studies mathematics and physics at Cambridge University. 1812 Forms the Analytical Society with Charles Babbage (1792-1871), mathematician and inventor of the first computer, to make known the modern methods of calculus (a branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of changing quantities). 1813 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, London. 1816 Starts to observe the night sky with his father, William. 1821 Awarded the Copley medal of the Royal Society for his work in the field of mathematics. 1824 Becomes Secretary of the Royal Society. 1827 Becomes President of the Royal Astronomical Society, London. 1831 Receives a knighthood. 1834-38 Chart ...
