Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace is best known for her early contributions to the field of computing. A friend and devotee of Charles Babbage, she published detailed descriptions of his calculating machines. Byron is credited with having...

Lovelace was the only legitimate offspring of the poet Lord Byron (1788-1824). A quiet, studious child, she especially liked mathematics . In 1833 she attended a series of lectures on Charles Babbage 's difference engine and was so impressed she asked...

In her 1843 translation of an article on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, Ada Byron Lovelace (1815-1852) added notations three times the length of the original text. The "Notes" earned her a place in computer history when they were later recognized...

Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace. English Mathematician and Scientist 1815–1852 Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, is considered to be the first computer programmer even though she was...

1815-1852 English Mathematician Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, was a pioneer in the field of computer science. The work she did on a paper describing Charles Babbage's analytical engine revealed her understanding of the machine we now...

English Mathematician and Scientist1815–1852 Ada Byron Lovelace is credited with writing the world's...

1815-1852 English mathematician and pioneer of computer science. The daughter of poet Lord Byron, Ada taught herself geometry and, encouraged by her mother, was trained in astronomy and mathematics. She was later helped with advanced studies by...

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (December 10, 1815 – November 27, 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, is mainly known for having written a description of Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical...