Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer

The audio version of this article can be found on Episode 55: A Bookchat about The Weight of Air with Kimberly Duffy & a Review of The Secrets of Emberwild by Stephenia H McGee

Augusta Ada King,
Countess of Lovelace (1815 – 1852)

On today’s Pinch of the Past we will be looking at an extraordinary woman before her time. Ada Lovelace, considered the first computer programmer, was the daughter of Lord Byron and the most wealthy woman of the 1800s.

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