Biographies

Ada Lovelace

A nineteenth-century writer and mathematician known for her notes on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.

Field

Mathematics

Region

Britain

Understanding this entry

Her notes discussed a proposed general-purpose calculating machine. Distinguish what the machine was designed to do from what was actually constructed in her lifetime.

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