WHO IS THE FATHER OF COMPUTER? Charles Babbage is the founder of computer. Charles Babbage was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer. He originated the concept of a programmable computer. The first mechanical computer was created by Charles Babbage in 1822. In 1822, he developed the Difference Engine .It was the first automatic computing machine. It was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making hard copies of the result. In 1837, he proposed the first general purpose mechanical computer called Analytical Engine . It contained Arithmetic Logic Unit(ALU), basic flow control and integrated memory.