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In 1815, Ada was born in London, England. Her parents are Lord Byron and Lady Wentworth Byron.
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In 1815, Ada was born into a family of contrast between her famously controversial dad, poet Lord Byron, and math-minded and practical mother, Lady Wentworth Byron.
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In 1824, Lord Byron, a famous poet and Ada’s father, passed away in Greece. Ada was left in the care of her mother who inspired Ada’s love for mathematics.
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In 1828, Ada's fascination with the flight of birds leads her to conduct a model of a flying machine. The model is based on the construction of birds and included components of the steam engine. This is years before the first aircraft was invented, and is a representation of her intelligence at an early age.
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In 1833, Ada met Charles Babbage and he became her mentor. Charles was a professor of mathematics at Cambridge. Ada’s professional relationship with Babbage fostered her love for mathematics and ultimately laid the foundation for her future contributions.
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In 1835, Ada marries William King Noel. Ada and William have three children together.
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In 1838, her husband became the 1st Earl of Lovelace, and she became the Countess of Lovelace.
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After a paper was published in French on Babbage’s invention of the ‘Analytical Engine’, Ada was asked to translate it into English. From 1842-1843, Ada translated the paper and added a significant amount of her findings. These findings proved to be monumental to computing and became known as the first computer algorithm.
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In 1843, Ada’s revolutionary analysis of the 'Analytical Engine' was published in an English Science Journal.
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In 1844, Lovelace studied research on Animal Magnetism. Her work was never published.
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In 1844, Ada used mathematics to explain neurological processes and called the model “calculus of the nervous system”.
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In 1852, Ada passed away from uterine cancer.
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In 1953, Ada’s work on the ‘Analytical Engine’ was republished in the book “Faster than Thought: A Symposium on Digital Computing Machines” and gained well deserved public recognition.
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In 1980, the US Department of Defense named a programming language “Ada” after Ada Lovelace.
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In 1998, the British Computer Society awarded the first Lovelace medal, created to recognize individuals who make significant contributions to the world of Computing.
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The second Tuesday of October is Ada Lovelace day. The day was founded in 2009 and honors women who have made contributions in science, technology, engineering, and math.
