Ada Lovelace's Life And Accomplishments

Ada Lovelace, a gifted mathematician, she is famed for having written the instructions to the first computer program in the 1800s. Born the daughter of the famous poet, Lord Byron, Augusta Ada Bryan—“Ada Lovelace” was born in December 10, 1815 in London. At an early age it was evident that she had a gift when it came to mathematics. She was able to translate an article about an invention by Charles Babbage, while incorporating her on comments. She is accredited of being the first computer programmer. For a girl raised in the mid-1800’s Ada had an unusual childhood. She was taught mathematics and science at an early age by her tutors, because of her mother’s constant insistence on education. At the time, it was highly unusual for a woman to be taught such challenging and demanding subjects. Her mother wanted her to engage in such difficult studies to stop her from developing her father’s irritable and erratic emotions. Lovelace showed a strong talent for numbers and language early on. She was mentored by people such as William King, the family’s doctor; William Frend, a social reformer; and Mary Somerville, who was one of the first women to be invited to join the Royal Astronomical Society. …show more content…
Because of his influence she decided to study advanced mathematics with the help of the University of London professor Augustus de Morgan. Babbage is known as the “Father of the computer”. He invented the difference engine that was made to perform mathematic calculations. Before the machine was finished, Ava got the opportunity to observe the machine, and was absolutely fascinated by it. When Ava was asked to translate an article on Babbage’s machine, written by Italian engineer Luigi Menabrea, he not only translated it in English, she also included her own personal ideas and thoughts on the