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Babbage arrived at Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1810.
He had read extensively in Leibniz, Joseph Louis Lagrange, Thomas Simpson, and Lacroix and was seriously disappointed in the mathematical instruction available at Cambridge.
In response, he, John Herschel, George Peacock, and several other friends formed the Analytical Society in 1812.
Babbage, Herschel, and Peacock were also close friends with future judge and patron of science Edward Ryan.
Babbage and Ryan married two sisters.
As a student, Babbage was also a member of other societies such as the Ghost Club, concerned with investigating supernatural phenomena, and the Extractors Club, dedicated to liberating its members from the madhouse, should any be committed to one.
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