Ada Lovelace Research Paper

The first computer program was being designed by a woman titled Lovelace in the early 1800’s. The life and legacy of Ada Lovelace play an important role in the development of computer science, however she remains highly unrecognized. Coming from a separated home, Lovelace’s early tutoring, passion for mathematics, aiding of Charles Babbage in creating the first early computer program, and divided ideals gave her a very interesting story and major role in history. Lovelace’s parents are equally as fascinating as she, and play an important part in the growth of Lovelace’s personality and passion. Ada Lovelace was born to George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, 11th Baroness Wentworth, best known as Byron and Annabella, on December 10, 1815 in Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex, England (Charman-Anderson 1; Meriwether 1). Her parents were complete opposites, often called the “Prince of Passions” and the “Princess of Parallelograms (Woolley 72). Byron was a famous poet of the early 1800’s who had many affairs, even after he married. Annabella was a highly educated woman for her times, especially in maths (Charman-Anderson 12). She was a very religious woman, and Byron’s continuous …show more content…
Later in her life, Ada developed uterine cancer and nervous disorder attacks, both of which were untreatable. When it became obvious that Ada would not recover, Annabella is said to have stayed by Ada’s bed begging for her daughter to convert. Annabella even withheld “morphine, the pain killer that would have made Ada’s suffering a little more bearable” (Charman-Anderson 12-13). Ada did eventually convert, but she soon died on November 27, 1852 in London, England. She was thirty-six, which was the same age her father died (Charman-Anderson 13). She was buried in the vault next to her father in Hucknall Turkard in Nottingham (Meriwether