Countess of Lovelace

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Ada Byron King

• Countess of Lovelace
• December 10, 1815 November 27, 1852

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The Early Years

• Born December 10, 1815 in London, England
• She never knew her father , Lord Byron the famous
  poet.
• Although most rich girls in those days did not go
  to school , Adas mother expected her to get a
  good education.

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Flyology

• Her governess read Ada the Greek myth of Daedalus
  and Icarus.
• Ada decided she could make a machine that would
  help her fly.
• She called her idea Flyology.
• Ada spent the next year doing experiments with
  wings and trying to fly.
• Her mother fired the governess.

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Adas Contribution

• Ada became known as a math genius.
• When Ada was 18 , she first saw Charles Babbages
  Difference Engine. It could make mathematical
  calculations.
• Ada decided to work with Babbage to help build
  his Analytical Engine.
• Together they created a machine that could
  perform complicated math tasks.
• This machine led to the computer.

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An Early Death

• Ada got sick and was diagnosed with cancer.
• Ada died on November 27 , 1852.
• She was only 36 years old.
• She is remembered today as one of the inventors
  of the computer.

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Interesting Facts

• The first American computer language was named
  Ada.
• The Microsoft hologram is a picture of Ada.
• She dated Charles Dickens, the famous author, and
  Sir David Brewster who invented the kaleidoscope.
• Her father was also 36 when he died.

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Works Cited

• Who WasAda Lovelace Computer Wizard of Victorian
  England by Lucy Lethbridge
• www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women
• www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen