Ada Byron (Lady Lovelace) Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace, was a creative and influential mathematician. Born on December 10, 1815 to the romantic poet, Lord Byron, she entered a life of prestige and wealth. An active child, she enjoyed gymnastics, dancing, and horseback riding. But above all of that, she loved the arts. Going to the theater was one of her favorite pastimes, as well as playing the piano, violin, and harp. Unfortunately for her, her parents didn’…showed first 75 words of 473 total…

…showed last 75 words of 473 total…a plan for how the engine might calculate Bernoulli numbers. This plan turned out to be the first computer program. A software language developed by the United States Department of Defense was named “Ada” in 1979, in her honor. Ironically, after this astounding mathematical contribution, Ada fell ill and she gambled her family into debt. She died on November 27, 1852 from cancer of the uterus. She was buried in London, next to the father she never knew.