Between 18, she translated an article by Italian military engineer Luigi Menabrea on the engine, which she supplemented with an elaborate set of notes of her own, simply called Notes. In particular Ada was enthralled by Babbage’s plans for the Analytical Engine, now recognised as the first general-purpose computer, though such machines were only constructed one hundred years later. She described her approach as ‘poetical science’ and herself as an ‘Analyst (& Metaphysician)’.Īs a young adult, her mathematical talents led her to an ongoing working relationship and friendship with British mathematician Charles Babbage and his social circle. Ada was a bright and curious child, and from her early years experimented with mechanical things. Augusta was named after Byron’s half-sister, Augusta Leigh, and was called ‘Ada’ by Byron himself.Īda was brought up by her mother, who educated her as a mathematician and a scientist in order to avoid the ‘poetic’ influences of her father’s nature. Alfred Edward Chalon, 1840.Īugusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was born Augusta Ada Byron on 10 December 1815, the only child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella Byron. Watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace.
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