It's Ada Lovelace Day! 👩‍🔬 Meet pioneering mathematician, Ada Lovelace, regarded by many as the first computer programmer. | English Heritage

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In 1833 London a 17-year-old girl named Ada Lovelace met the famous inventor Charles Babbage in a meeting that changed history. Daughter of the poet Lord Byron she was steered by her mother toward mathematics and logic to avoid any resemblance of her fathers eccentric ways. Babbage admired her intellect and bestowed upon her the title Enchantress of Numbers. He revealed his plans for the innovative Analytical Engine and while others saw a mathematical tool Ada envisioned a device that manipulate