Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1815)

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician (1815–1852)

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, also known as Ada Lovelace, was 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 recognise that the machine had…