In memory of
Ada Lovelace
Mathematician who wrote the first algorithm for a machine
- Born
- Died
- Lived
- 36 years
- Resting place
- Church of St Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Translating an Italian paper on Charles Babbage's proposed Analytical Engine, Lovelace added notes three times longer than the original. They included a step-by-step method for the machine to compute Bernoulli numbers — recognised as the first published algorithm written for a computer.
She also saw further than Babbage, suggesting such a machine might one day compose music. She died of cancer at thirty-six and, at her request, was buried beside the father she never knew, Lord Byron.
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