![]() ![]() Lovelace first met him in June 1833, through their mutual friend, and her private tutor, Mary Somerville. When she was a teenager, her mathematical talents led her to a long working relationship and friendship with fellow British mathematician Charles Babbage, also known as “the father of computers”, and in particular, Babbage’s work on the Analytical Engine. ![]() Ada described her approach as “poetical science” and herself as an “Analyst (& Metaphysician)”. Her educational and social exploits brought her into contact with scientists such as Andrew Crosse, Sir David Brewster, Charles Wheatstone, Michael Faraday and the author Charles Dickens, contacts which she used to further her education. She vowed that Ada would grow up to be more logical and rational than her father, and she thought learning mathematics would help achieve this goal. She hired numerous accomplished tutors and teachers for young Ada and made a special effort to have her taught mathematics, which was a subject not usually taught to girls during the 1800’s! Partly, this was because she did not want her daughter to inherit the imaginative and moody temperament of her former husband, Lord Byron. King was made Earl of Lovelace in 1838, and Ada in turn became Countess of Lovelace.Īda’s mother has highly educated herself, and she was determined that her daughter would be also. Despite this, Ada remained interested in Byron and was, upon her eventual death, buried next to him at her request. Her mother remained bitter and promoted Ada’s interest in mathematics and logic in an effort to prevent her from developing her father’s perceived insanity. He died of disease in the Greek War of Independence when Ada was eight years old. He commemorated the parting in a poem that begins, “Is thy face like thy mother’s my fair child! ADA! sole daughter of my house and heart?”. Byron separated from his wife a month after Ada was born and left England forever four months later. All of Byron’s other children were born out of wedlock to other women. Lovelace was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella “Annabella” Milbanke, Lady Wentworth. Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelaceįamous For: Considered to be the world’s first computer programmerīorn Augusta Ada Byron on December 10th, 1815, in Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex (now in London), England, Ada Lovelace (full name Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace) became an eminent and influential mathematician, writer, and the world’s first computer programmer. Spouse(s): William King-Noel, 1st Earl of LovelaceĬhildren: Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham and 12th Baron Wentworth Place of Death: Marylebone, London, England Name: Ada Lovelace (original name Augusta Ada Byron)ĭate of Death: 27 November 1852 (aged 36) Ada Lovelace – English mathematician and writer.
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