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Who is Ada Lovelace?
Ada Lovelace was an English Mathematician & Scientist...
...and was born on the 10th of November 1815.
Her full name is actually Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace.
She is now thought to be one of the pioneers of early computers.
As a young girl, she was fascinated with Maths & Science...
...and at 17 years old, she met a man called Charles Babbage...
...who had designed a cog wheel calculating machine.
Ada was amazed by the model that he had made and they soon became good friends.
In 1834, Charles Babbage began work on another more elaborate computer called...
...called the Analytical Engine..
...and it had been thought that Ada had a small part to play in the design...
...however, modern research has now suggested that Ada played a huge part...
... in designing and writing the programs for the machine...
...but neither Ada or Charles Babbage ever saw it working in their lifetime.
Ada died aged 36 on November 27th 1852.
The full sized working machine from the designs of Ada and Charles were not made until...
...2002 by a team of scientists at the London Science Museum.
Ada is now regarded as the first ever computer programmer...
...and that's Ada Lovelace.
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