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  2. Ada Lovelace - Wikipedia

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    Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications ...

  3. Ada Lovelace Day - Wikipedia

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    Cake made to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day at a 2013 Edit-a-thon held in Oxford, England. Ada Lovelace Day is an annual event held on the second Tuesday of October to celebrate and raise awareness of the contributions of women to STEM fields. It is named after mathematician and computer science pioneer Ada Lovelace. It started in 2009 as a "day of ...

  4. Note G - Wikipedia

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    — Ada Lovelace, Notes upon the memoir "Sketch of The Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage" by the translator Ada Augusta, Countess of Lovelace, Note A She explains to readers how the analytical engine was separate from Babbage's earlier difference engine , [ 21 ] and likens its function to the Jacquard machine , [ 22 ] in that it ...

  5. Twyford Church of England Academies Trust - Wikipedia

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    Twyford Church of England Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust based in West London and affiliated to the London Diocesan Board for Schools.It currently consists of four academies in the London Borough of Ealing: Twyford Church of England High School, William Perkin Church of England High School, Ada Lovelace Church of England High School and Ealing Fields High School.

  6. Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham - Wikipedia

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    Lord Ockham was the eldest son of William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace and his wife, Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. His maternal grandparents were the poet Lord Byron and Annabella Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth. He gained the rank of officer in the service of the Royal Navy, although he deserted, worked his passage ...

  7. William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace - Wikipedia

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    William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace, FRS (21 February 1805 – 29 December 1893), styled The Lord King from 1833 to 1838, was an English nobleman and scientist. He was the husband of Lord Byron 's daughter Ada , today remembered as a pioneering computer scientist.

  8. List of pioneers in computer science - Wikipedia

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    Lovelace, Ada An English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine . She was the first to recognize that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and created the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine.

  9. BCS Lovelace Medal - Wikipedia

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    The award is named after Countess Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician, scientist, and writer. Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron . She worked with computer pioneer Charles Babbage on the proposed mechanical general-purpose computer – the Analytical Engine , [ 1 ] in 1842 and is often described as the world's first computer programmer .