Ada Lovelace

December 10, 1815 - November 27, 1852

Occupation: mathematician, computer pioneer

Known for: creating the concept of an operating system or software

Also known as: Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace; Ada King Lovelace

About Ada Lovelace:

Daughter of the Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, studied mathematics with Charles Babbage whose Difference Engine and Analytical Engines were precursors of the modern computer. Her own contribution was to determine how such an engine could work to calculate Bernoulli numbers.

On this site:

a full biography of Ada Lovelace and an Ada Lovelace index, including links to other resources

Education:

University of London

Places:

England

Books About Ada Lovelace:

Moore, Doris Langley-Levy. Countess of Lovelace: Byron's Legitimate Daughter.

Toole, Betty A. and Ada King Lovelace. Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: Prophet of the Computer Age. 1998.

Woolley, Benjamin. The Bride of Science: Romance, Reason and Byron's Daughter. 2000.

Wade, Mary Dodson. Ada Byron Lovelace: the Lady and the Computer. 1994. Grades 7-9.

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