Augusta Ada Lovelace Research Paper

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Augusta Ada Lovelace, more commonly known as Ada Lovelace, “was born in London on December 10, 1815” (“Ada Lovelace Biography”). She was the only legitimate child of Lord Bryon and Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, and from a young age, Lovelace showed great promise in mathematics. Lovelace’s mother encouraged this natural interest and talent in mathematics by hiring tutors proficient in these subjects in an attempt to curb any behavioral traits Lovelace may have inherited from her father (i.e. impulsiveness and minor insanity); even though he had left the family when Lovelace was only a month old. Lovelace was far from developing any delinquent behavior that her father possessed; however, she was very intrigued by him well into her adult …show more content…
However, it was not until Lovelace was 17 that her true career in mathematics began. This was due to her new found friendship with Charles Babbage, “a mathematician, inventor, and father of the computer”, who was in the works of creating the Analytical Engine (“Ada Lovelace Biography”). “Through Babbage, Ada began studying advanced mathematics with University of London professor Augustus de Morgan” (“Ada Lovelace Biography”). The focal point of Lovelace’s career was when Babbage asked her to translate an article, written by Luigi Federico Menabrea, on Babbage’s analytical engine from its original French text (“Ada Lovelace”). Lovelace’s comprehension of the article was so immaculate that her notes on the engine were three times longer than the initial article. It was in these notes that Historians believe the first algorithm to be carried out by a machines was described, gaining Lovelace the title of “the first computer programmer” (“Ada Lovelace”). These same notes also relayed Lovelace’s visions for the future, predicting that the machine – or machines equal engineering – would one day be able to produce music (“Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace
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