Ada Lovelace (The First Programer)

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 - 27 November 1852) was a mathematician and English writer, best known for his work on Charles Babbage's proposed standard computer, the Analytical Engine. He was the first to see that the machine had more than just pure calculation applications, and that he published the first algorithm intended for such a machine. As a result, he is often regarded as the first computer engineer. [2] [3] [4]

Your Excellency

Countess of Lovelace

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, portrait daguerrotype about 1843

Antoine Claudet's Daguerreotype (c. 1843) [1]

Birth

Honorable. Augusta Ada Byron

10 December 1815

London, England

He died

November 27, 1852 (36 years old)

Marylebone, London, England

A place to relax

St. Mary's Church Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Nottingham, England

Known for

Statistics, computer

Your spouse

William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace

(M. 1835)

Children

Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham and 12 Baron Wentworth

Anne Blunt, 15th of Baroness Wentworth

Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace

Signature

Signature Ada Lovelace.PNG

Ada Byron was the only child of the poet Lord Byron and Lady Byron. [5] All By Byron's other children were born out of wedlock to other women. [6] Byron divorced his wife a month after Ada was born and left England permanently four months later. You remember the separation of a poem that begins with, "Is your face like your mother's beautiful baby! ADA! One daughter of my house and my heart?". [7] She died in Greece when Ada was eight years old. Her mother remained angry and encouraged Ada’s interest in math and her mind in an attempt to prevent her from developing her father’s madness. Despite this, Ada remained interested in him, naming his two sons Byron and Gordon. At the end of his death, he was buried next to her at his request. Although ill with her childhood, Ada pursued her studies diligently. She married William King in 1835. The Lord was made by Earl of Lovelace in 1838, Ada became the Countess of Lovelace.

His academic and social achievements brought him into contact with scientists such as Andrew Crosse, Charles Babbage, Sir David Brewster, Charles Wheatstone, Michael Faraday and author Charles Dickens, whose contacts he used to further his education. Ada described her approach as "the science of poetry" [8] herself as an "Analyst (& Metaphysician)".

As a teenager, his mathematical skills led him to a long working and friendly relationship with British mathematician Charles Babbage, known as the "father of computers". He was particularly interested in Babbage's work in Analytical Engine. Lovelace met him for the first time in June 1833, through a friend of both of them, and his private pastor, Mary Somerville.

Between 1842 and 1843, Ada translated an article by the Italian military engineer Luigi Menabrea into a calculator engine, which added many notes, simply called "Notes". Lovelace notes are important in the early history of computers, which contain what many consider to be the first computer program - that is, the algorithm designed to be machine-made. Some historians reject the idea and point out that the Cabbage notes from 1836/1837 contained the original engine systems. [10] He also expanded the concept of computer power beyond just calculating or reducing numbers, while many others, including Babbage himself, focused on those skills only. [11] His "science of poetry" concept led him to ask questions about the Analytical Engine (as shown in his notes) which explores how people and society relate to technology as a collaborative tool. [6]

She died of cervical cancer in 1852 at the age of 36.