The Hunting of the Babbages: A Decade in the Life of Garry Tee

Garry Tee entered university in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1949 at the age of 16, became a programmer in 1958, and an academic in 1964. By the 1980s he was a historian with a particular interest in Charles Babbage. This article traces his work over more than a decade, based on his personal archive. It focuses on eight distinct themes in his work, from his hunt for Babbage relics to his re-interpretation of a work by Lewis Carroll.