Ada Lovelace – First Computer Programmer Ever
Ada Lovelace (1815 – 1852) was a mathematician in Victorian Times and the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous English poet (Which is surprising since poetry and science rarely mix!!). She is mainly known for her contributions to the mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine created by Charles Babbage (And though we know his name, how many of us know hers?).
Ada Lovelace was also the first person to realize that the Analytical Engine could be used for more than just calculations and so she wrote an algorithm to compute Bernoulli numbers using the Analytical Engine. This is the reason she is known as “The First Computer Programmer in the World”.
Fun Fact: The programming language Ada was named after Ada Lovelace by the U.S. Department of Defense as a tribute.
5 Women Programmers Who Changed The World!
Did you know that the First Computer Programmer was a Woman?
Well, you probably don’t (I didn’t either!). So let me enlighten you today! Ada Lovelace was a mathematician in Victorian Times (Yes that long ago!) and she is credited as being the First Computer Programmer Ever. In her own words:
That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show.
And this is true for the many women that have contributed to the rich history of Computer Programming and are yet forgotten by the modern world. So this article attempts to introduce some of these amazing women that made significant contributions to Computer Programming and in the process helped change the world!