Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, born December 10, 1815 was an excellent writer, mathematician and most known for her groundbreaking inception to programming. Lovelace is considered to be the world's first programmer and had a deep interest in mathematics and logic. At the age of 18, Ada was interested in the Analytical Engine, the work of Charles Babbage. Ada translated an article for Luigi Menabrea, who was to become the Prime Minister of Italy about the Analytical Engine and the seventh note in particular is what became the first computer program. This note was known as Note G, an algorithm for the Analytical Engine to solve Bernoulli numbers particularly.

• Ada Lovelace- Encyclopedia Britannica


• National Institute of Standards and Technology- Ada Lovelace


• Ada Lovelace Biography

Fun Facts

• Ada Lovelace wrote a book on powered flight after reading up on bird anatomy that accurately documented wing-body ratios to achieve flight. She was only 12 years old when she published it.


• Ada Lovelace published the Charles Babbage's theoretical machine program paper under the pen name A.A.L., so it wasn't until 20 years after her death that A.A.L. was discovered to be Augusta Ada Lovelace.


• She was born into nobility, but she was not into the royal balls, parties, and courts. She was fascinated by mathematics, logic, and machines.