Who was Ada Lovelace? Ada Lovelace was a computer genius. Computers are a part of our lives today. But Ada was born in 1815 when computers were not even invented!

Her life

Ada or Augusta Ada King (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron. Her mother made sure that Ada was well educated in mathematics. And Ada showed intelligence and understanding of mathematics from a very young age.

She met Charles Babbage when she was 17 and worked closely with him. Charles Babbage is also called ‘the father of computers’. Ada was most interested in his Analytical Engine, which was a mechanical computer designed by him.

Computer programmer

In 1843, Ada published a translation of an article on Analytical Engine written by Italian engineer Luigi Menabrea. She added a lot of her own notes to the article, calling them ‘Notes’. These Notes were her most important work because they described complicated mathematical problems.

For her writings in the Notes, she is also called the first computer programmer.

She was one of the first people to understand that computers could be used for many things. Before that, most mathematicians thought that computers were best for calculating numbers.

Sadly, she died very young; in 1852 at the age of 36. But Ada Lovelace was truly a woman ahead of her time and continues to be an inspiration for all women today.

 

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