Education
Family
Personal Life
- For her mathematical education Ada had multiple private tutors. (William Frend, Dr William King)
- Charles Babbage was her mentor
- Mary Somerville was also her tutor but one thing she did differently that outshined the other tutors was that she sent Ada mathematics books, advised her on study, set problems for her, and had deep conversations about math with her
- Studied at University of London
- Daughter of Romantic poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabelle Milbanke
disfunctional, no one was happy
- Ada never saw her father, her mother separated from her father when she was only weeks old
(At 8 years old she experienced headaches, the headaches blurred her vision. In 1829, she was paralyzed after a bout of the measles. For about a year she was ordered to bed rest. By 1831 she walked with crutches.)
- Married to William King in 1835
Countess of Lovelace
- 1838 accepted the throne and became Ada Countess of Lovelace
Formula for Analytical Engine
Personal Work
Analytical Engine
- translated Italian Luigi F. Menabrea's summary of what Babbage described and published an article written in French about the development of his Analytical Engine, she translated it in the English language
- suggested to Babbage writing a plan for how the Analytical Engine might calculate Bernoulli numbers, up to-date it can also be known as the first "computer program."
- described how the Analytical Engine could be programmed
Timeline
Fun Facts
- In 1979-1980, the U.S Department
of Defense settled to the name of "Ada" for a standardized computer
language
- Babbage published and distributed Lovelace's work, signed with only her initials "A.A.L." She felt "unfeminine to publish anything with her real name on it.
- Ada didn't get to see her father until she was 20 years old, and she only saw a photo of him
- Two of her children have similar names to her parents
About Ada
- Full Name: Agusta Ada Byron aka "Ada Lovelace"
- Date of Birth: December 10, 1815
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/
"I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand."
-Ada Lovelace
- Place of Birth: London, England
- Date of Death: November 27, 1852
- Cause of Death: Uterine Cancer
- Hobbies/Special Interests: Math, Music and
Poetry
- Mentor/s: Charles Babbage ,William Frend, Mary Somville, and William King (not her husband)
Bibliography
London, England
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http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/computing_and_data_processing/1878-3.aspx
- "Classics in the History of Psychology -- Lovelace (1843)." Classics in the History of Psychology -- Lovelace (1843). N.p., n.d. Web. 30 July 2014.
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Lovelace/lovelace.htm
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Ada Lovelace: The Mathematician
By: Desiree Quintero