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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Ada-LovelaceAda Lovelace | Biography, Computer, & Facts | Britannica

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   Mar 22, 2024 · Died: November 27, 1852, Marylebone, London (aged 36) Notable Family Members: father Lord Byron. Subjects Of Study: Analytical Engine. Top Questions. What did Ada Lovelace discover? Why is Ada Lovelace famous?

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   Allegra died in 1822 at the age of five. Lovelace did have some contact with Elizabeth Medora Leigh, the daughter of Byron's half-sister Augusta Leigh, who purposely avoided Lovelace as much as possible when introduced at court. Adult years Watercolour portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, c. 1840, possibly by Alfred Edward Chalon

   • Born: The Hon. Augusta Ada Byron, 10 December 1815, London, England
   • Resting place: Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Nottingham, England

   • Died: 27 November 1852 (aged 36), Marylebone, London, England

3. www.biography.com › scholars-educators › ada-lovelaceAda Lovelace - Quotes, Children & Facts - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and the first computer programmer. She wrote an algorithm for a computing machine in the mid-1800s and worked with Charles Babbage, the inventor of the difference engine and the analytical engine. She died from uterine cancer in London in 1852.

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5. www.britannica.com › story › ada-lovelace-the-firstAda Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer | Britannica

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   Learn about Ada Lovelace, the daughter of poet Lord Byron and a pioneer of computer science. She died in 1852, but her legacy lives on in the Ada programming language and the Analytical Engine.

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   Ada Lovelace was a pioneer of computer science who wrote the first program for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. She died of uterine cancer at age 36 in 1851 and was buried next to her father Lord Byron.

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   When did Ada Lovelace die?

   • Only a small piece of the Analytical Engine was ever built, and Ada Lovelace died in 1852. Her fame lives on, however. She gave her name to the Ada programming language. Every year on the second Tuesday in October, the contributions of women to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are celebrated on Ada Lovelace Day.

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   Why was Ada Lovelace important?

   • Ada Lovelace had grasped that anything that could be converted into numbers, such as music, or the alphabet (language) or images, could then be manipulated by computer algorithms. An analytical engine had the potential to revolutionize the way the whole world worked, not just the world of mathematics. She wrote, for example:

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   What is Ada Lovelace Day?

   • Ada Lovelace Day is an annual event celebrated on the second Tuesday of October, which began in 2009. Its goal is to "... raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths," and to "create new role models for girls and women" in these fields.

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   How were Ada Lovelace's notes labelled?

   • Ada Lovelace's notes were labelled alphabetically from A to G. In Note G, she describes an algorithm for the Analytical Engine to compute Bernoulli numbers.

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8. www.historyextra.com › period › modernAda Lovelace: a visionary of computing - HistoryExtra

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   Oct 12, 2021 · Learn about the life and legacy of Ada Lovelace, one of the most important figures in the early history of the computer. She collaborated with Charles Babbage on his Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, but died of cancer in 1852.

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Ada Lovelace, a pioneer of computing science who wrote the first published program for Charles Babbage's analytical engine. Find out how she was educated, married, and died of cancer in 1852.