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BACKGROUND

• Father: George Byron a.k.a Lord Byron
• Mother: Anna Isabella Byron
• Sister: Allegra Byron
• Education: University of London

ACHIEVEMENTS

• First Computer Programmer
• Computer Programming Language named after her
• Wrote the first machine algorithm for an early computing machine

OTHER MATHEMATICIANS

• Charles Babbage (Father of Computer)
• Christian Doppler (Developed the Doppler Effect)
• George Boole (Wrote the Laws of Thought)

OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS

• The War of 1812 happens
• Beethoven composes the Ninth Symphony
• Ohm's Law is formulated
• Slavery is abolished in the British Empire
• Grimm's Fairy Tales are published

INTERESTING FACTS

• Ada's father, Lord Byron, was a wild man.
• Ada's parents didn't want her to follow her father's steps.
• She was friends with Charles Dickens (famous author) and Florence Nightingale (pioneered modern nursing)