Augusta Ada Byron

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AAB 's sole publication is A Sketch of the Analytical Engine, her highly praised explication and illustration of Charles Babbage 's Analytical Engine. Many now claim that her Sketch constitutes the first example of computer programming. Ada also composed a handful of unpublished essays as well as thousands of letters, some of which have recently been published.
Byron, Augusta Ada. Ada, The Enchantress of Numbers. Editor Toole, Betty A., Strawberry Press.
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This image is of a daguerreotype of Ada Byron, taken by Antoine Claudet in about 1843. She wears a black dress with lace detail along the neckline and cuffs, and elaborate hair ornament. She sits with clasped hands at a three-quarter angle to the viewer's right. The trees behind are a painted backdrop.

Milestones

10 December 1815

AAB , the only legitimate child of the poet Byron and later a remarkable mathematician, was born at 13 Piccadilly Terrace, London.
Nicholls, C. S., editor. The Dictionary of National Biography: Missing Persons. Oxford University Press.

August 1843

Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace , published A Sketch of the Analytical Engine, a translation from Luigi Menabrea 's work on Charles Babbage 's Analytical Engine. Her annotations tripled the length of the original.
Byron, Augusta Ada. Ada, The Enchantress of Numbers. Editor Toole, Betty A., Strawberry Press.
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Baum, Joan. The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron. Archon Books.
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27 November 1852

AAB , Countess of Lovelace, died in London from cancer of the uterus.
Nicholls, C. S., editor. The Dictionary of National Biography: Missing Persons. Oxford University Press.

Biography

Birth and Family

10 December 1815

AAB , the only legitimate child of the poet Byron and later a remarkable mathematician, was born at 13 Piccadilly Terrace, London.
Nicholls, C. S., editor. The Dictionary of National Biography: Missing Persons. Oxford University Press.

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