Ada Lovelace's skills with language, music and needlepoint contributed to her pioneering work in computing
- Written by Corinna Schlombs, Associate Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology
Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was more than just another mathematician.Watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace by Alfred Edward Chalon via WikimediaAda Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer, was born on Dec. 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed.
Lovelace has been hailed as a...