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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 9 times, and was a venue (V) 3 times.
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The eminent mathematician Babbage appears in the diary between 1834-5 in what seem to be fashionable soirees, hosted by Leicester Stanhope, Lady Mary Shepherd and Lady Stepney, and there is an 'adv' meeting at the Royal Institution as well as a couple of meetings at Babbage's. The identification is confirmed by Hyman's Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer' where there are matches for two of the hostesses mentioned above in the fashionable circles in which Babbage moved.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Stepney, Lady Catherine (née Pollok) (Manners) | 4 |
| Shepherd, Lady Mary (née Primrose) | 2 |
| Bury, Lady Charlotte Susan Maria (née Campbell) | 2 |
| Willis, Nathaniel Parker | 2 |
| Stanhope, Leicester Fitzgerald Charles (fifth earl of Harrington) | 2 |
| Cossley Hall, Mary | 1 |
| Morgan, Lady Sydney (née Owenson) | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Martin, John | 1 |
| Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) | 1 |
| Wood, Mrs Somerville | 1 |
| Uwins, David | 1 |
| Faraday, Michael | 1 |
| Owen, Robert | 1 |
| Smith, William | 1 |
| Hayward, Abraham | 1 |
| Wilkie, Sir David | 1 |
| Hudson, John Corrie | 1 |
| Birkbeck, George | 1 |
| Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry | 1 |
| Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer (first Baron Lytton) | 1 |
| Sidney, Lady Sophia | 1 |
| Sheridan, Charles | 1 |
| Lardner, Dionysius | 1 |
| Murray, John Samuel | 1 |
| Batty, Robert | 1 |
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