Directory of Lovelace, Ada Resources

Lovelace, Ada (1815-1852) Countess of Lovelace, Ada Byron King; daughter of Lord Byron and legendary for programming Babbage's analytical engine.

Resources in This Category

Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/love.htm
Brief biography, by Dr. Betty Toole, along with a portrait and links.
Ada Lovelace: Founder of Scientific Computing

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html
Biography and portrait.
Ada: The Enchantress of Numbers

http://www.well.com/user/adatoole/
Comments on her, and her work, from a selection of people and publications in the field.
Augusta Ada King Countess of Lovelace

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lovelace.html
Short biography and four portraits.
Happy Birthday Ada

http://www.adahome.com/articles/1997-12/al_birthday.html
Biography and small portrait.
The Ada Picture Gallery

http://people.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk.craeynest/ada-belgium/pictures.html
Includes a selection of portraits of Ada, Countess of Lovelace.
The Babbage Pages: Ada Lovelace

http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/babbage/ada.html
Brief biography with references.
Tools For Thought: The First Programmer Was a Lady

http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/2.html
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on Lady Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Difference and Analytical Engines. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.

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