By: Brittany Belli
Ada Byron Lovelace was born on December 10, 1815 in Piccadilly, England. Her father was the famous poet Lord Byron. He married a woman named Annabelle Mibanke. Unfortunately, the marriage only lasted one year. About 1 week after Ada was born, Lord Byron left for Italy. From there Lord Byron left for Greece. While there, fighting for Greece's freedom from the Turks, he died. His death came when little Ada was only 8 years old.
When Ada was young, she loved gymnastics, dancing, and she especially loved horseback riding. She also learned to play the piano, harp, and violin, and became an accomplished musician. But the funny thing was, as much as she enjoyed these activities, mechanical things fascinated young Ada. She loved figuring out how machines worked. When Ada was 17, she studied Algebra and Astronomy. By that age, she was very interested in mathematics.
In 1840, Ada began to study math with a man called De Morgan. She loved her lessons very much, but she wanted to meet her idol, another mathematician, named Mary Sommerville. So she worked very hard at math in hopes that she would become good enough to meet Sommerville. A year later her dream came true and she met with Mary Sommerville. At that time, she also met a man named Charles Babagge. Soon Babagge learned of Ada's fascination with machines and mathematics. Together Babagge and Ada worked on a machine that would soon be known as The Analytical Engine.
Ada worked very hard on the Analytical Engine. She created little "cards" that the Engine would analyze or "read" to calculate things. Ada's work as a mathematician dealt with computation, and the Analytical Engine was a mechanical device that computed answers to arithmetic problems. It was an early form of the calculator, and used Ada's programming cards to understand what arithmetic had to be performed to get the desired answer. Since Ada worked on the Engine, she could describe how it looked and everything about it. She programmed it to generate answers. Sadly enough, the Analytical Engine was not completed until after Ada Lovelace's death. Many people remember her as the first computer programmer ever because of her cards that operated the Analytical Engine. Ada loved her life. She died on November 27, 1852 from the measles in Marylebone, England, when she was only 36 years old. She is buried beside her father by request in Nottinghamshire, England. Many people will remember Lady Ada Byron Lovelace for many more years to come.
Ada Byron Lovelace was born on December 10, 1815 in Piccadilly, England. Her father was the famous poet Lord Byron. He married a woman named Annabelle Mibanke. Unfortunately, the marriage only lasted one year. About 1 week after Ada was born, Lord Byron left for Italy. From there Lord Byron left for Greece. While there, fighting for Greece's freedom from the Turks, he died. His death came when little Ada was only 8 years old.
When Ada was young, she loved gymnastics, dancing, and she especially loved horseback riding. She also learned to play the piano, harp, and violin, and became an accomplished musician. But the funny thing was, as much as she enjoyed these activities, mechanical things fascinated young Ada. She loved figuring out how machines worked. When Ada was 17, she studied Algebra and Astronomy. By that age, she was very interested in mathematics.
In 1840, Ada began to study math with a man called De Morgan. She loved her lessons very much, but she wanted to meet her idol, another mathematician, named Mary Sommerville. So she worked very hard at math in hopes that she would become good enough to meet Sommerville. A year later her dream came true and she met with Mary Sommerville. At that time, she also met a man named Charles Babagge. Soon Babagge learned of Ada's fascination with machines and mathematics. Together Babagge and Ada worked on a machine that would soon be known as The Analytical Engine.
Ada worked very hard on the Analytical Engine. She created little "cards" that the Engine would analyze or "read" to calculate things. Ada's work as a mathematician dealt with computation, and the Analytical Engine was a mechanical device that computed answers to arithmetic problems. It was an early form of the calculator, and used Ada's programming cards to understand what arithmetic had to be performed to get the desired answer. Since Ada worked on the Engine, she could describe how it looked and everything about it. She programmed it to generate answers. Sadly enough, the Analytical Engine was not completed until after Ada Lovelace's death. Many people remember her as the first computer programmer ever because of her cards that operated the Analytical Engine. Ada loved her life. She died on November 27, 1852 from the measles in Marylebone, England, when she was only 36 years old. She is buried beside her father by request in Nottinghamshire, England. Many people will remember Lady Ada Byron Lovelace for many more years to come.