Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)

Ada Lovelace

BRITISH MATHEMATICIAN

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Alternative Titles: Ada King, countess of Lovelace, Augusta Ada Byron, Lady Byron

Ada Lovelace, in full Ada King, countess of Lovelace, original name Augusta Ada Byron, Lady Byron, (born December 10, 1815, Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex [now in London], England—died November 27, 1852, Marylebone, London), English mathematician, an associate of Charles Babbage, for whose prototype of a digital computer she created a program. She has been called the first computer programmer.

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