Ada Lovelace

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (December 10, 1815 –  November 27, 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, is mainly known for having written a description of Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine.
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<person> (1811-1852) The daughter of Lord Byron, who became the world's first programmer while cooperating with Charles Babbage on the design of his mechanical computing engines in the mid-1800s.
The language Ada was named after her.
["Ada, Enchantress of Numbers Prophit of the Computer Age", Betty Alexandra Toole].
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