Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace, born as Augusta Ada Byron, was an English mathematician and writer known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She is recognized for writing the world's first machine algorithm for an early computing machine that existed only on paper, thus often referred to as the world's first computer programmer.

An English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognize that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and created the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first to recognize the full potential of a "computing machine" and the first computer programmer.

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. She was the first to recognise the machine had applications beyond pure calculation. Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer.

• She was the first to recognise the machine had applications beyond pure calculation.
• Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer.
• Lovelace was the only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron and reformer Anne Isabella Milbanke.
• Lovelace first met him on 5 June 1833, when she and her mother attended one of Charles Babbage's Saturday night soirées with their mutual friend, and Lovelace's private tutor, Mary Somerville.