Ada Lovelace: The First Programmer

My name is August Ada King. I'm the Countess of Lovelace.

I am a mathematician and a writer. People know me from my work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical engine. I wrote the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine. In other words, I am the world's first programmer.

My mother, Anne Isabella Byron, was a great help to me as she helped me by promoting my interest in mathematics and logic, but I also never forgot about my dad, who moved to Greece when I was just an infant to help out in the civil war.

Facts about Ada Lovelace

1. At 12, she conceptualised a flying machine.
2. She once lost thousands of pounds in a gambling scheme
3. She never met her father, and he died when she was 8.

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