Ada Lovelace
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
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Born: December 10, 1815
Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet George Gordon (better known as Lord Byron) pioneered computer science along with Charles Babbage. Together, they worked on the so-called Analytical Engine, the first computer ever conceived, which never, technically, existed. Ada handled the mathematics of the theoretical machine, while Babbage fielded the questions. Ada eventually married, and became the Countess of Lovelace. Tragically, she died of cancer in 1852, only one year before a working Difference Engine was successfully constructed in Sweden.
Born: December 10, 1815
Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet George Gordon (better known as Lord Byron) pioneered computer science along with Charles Babbage. Together, they worked on the so-called Analytical Engine, the first computer ever conceived, which never, technically, existed. Ada handled the mathematics of the theoretical machine, while Babbage fielded the questions. Ada eventually married, and became the Countess of Lovelace. Tragically, she died of cancer in 1852, only one year before a working Difference Engine was successfully constructed in Sweden.
