Ada Lovelace Day 2024 is on Tuesday, October 15, 2024: i want to know the history of Lady Augusta Ada?

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 is Ada Lovelace Day 2024.

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Ada Lovelace Day was produced to celebrate among the first female computer developers.  As the daughter from the poet Lord Byron, Augusta Ada Byron, was raised by her mother, Annabella, after he passed. Her mother feared that they would inherit her father’s poetic temperament, and gave Ada a rigid upbringing of logic, science and mathematics. Ada grew to become intrigued with systems and designed steam flying machines, poring within the scientific magazines of times and adopting the British Industrial revolution.In 1833, Ada Lovelace was brought to Charles Babbage whom she assisted to build up a tool known as The Analytical Engine an earlier predecessor from the modern computer. Lovelace and Babbage labored together carefully for several years to be able to refine the Engine. Ada found relative fame in 1842 when she broadened with an article by an Italian math wizzard, by which she elaborated on using machines with the manipulation of symbols. Although Babbage had drew out programs before, Lovelace’s were the most elaborate and finish, and the first one to be released so she's frequently known to as “the first computer programmer”.Ada Lovelace died of cancer at age 36 a couple of short years following the publication of “Sketch from the Analytical Engine, with Notes in the Translator”. The Analytical Engine continued to be an image for a lot of but until Ada’s notes inspired Alan Turing to operate around the first modern computer systems within the 1940′s.Her passion and vision for technology make her a effective symbol for ladies nowadays of technology.

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (December 10, 1815 - November 27, 1852) is mainly known for having written a description of Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine.

Ada was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife, Annabella Milbanke, a cousin of Lady Caroline Lamb, with whom he had an affair that scandalized Regency London. Ada was named after Byron's half-sister, Augusta Leigh, by whom he was rumoured to have fathered a child. It was Augusta who encouraged Byron to marry to avoid scandal, and he reluctantly chose Annabella. On January 16, 1816, Annabella left Byron, taking 1-month old Ada with her. On April 21, Byron signed the Deed of Separation and left England for good a few days later. He never saw either again.

Biographies differ as to whether Ada lived with her mother: one claims that her mother dominated her life, even after marriage; another claims she never knew either parent. One source tells that Anabella was fond of mathematics and taught Ada this art at an early stage of her life. She was privately schooled in mathematics and science; one of her tutors was Augustus De Morgan. An active member of London society, she was a member of the Bluestockings in her youth.

Her husband was William King, 8th Baron King, later 1st Earl of Lovelace who she married in 1835. They had three children; Byron born 12 May 1836, Annabella (Lady Anne Blunt) born 22 September 1837 and Ralph Gordon born 2 July 1839. The family lived at Ockham Park, at Ockham, Surrey. Her full name and title for most of her married life was The Right Honourable Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace. She is widely known in modern times simply as Ada Lovelace.

She knew Mary Somerville, noted researcher and scientific author of the 19th century, who introduced her in turn to Charles Babbage on June 5, 1833. Other acquaintances were Sir David Brewster, Charles Wheatstone, Charles Dickens and Michael Faraday.

During a nine-month period in 1842-1843, Ada translated for Babbage Italian mathematician Louis Menebrea's memoir on Babbage's newest proposed machine, the Analytical Engine. With the article, she appended a set of Notes which specified in complete detail a method for calculating Bernoulli numbers with the Engine, recognized by historians as the world's first computer program. Biographers note, however, that the programs were written by Babbage himself, and Lovelace simply found a mistake in the program for calculating Bernoulli numbers and sent it back for amendment. The evidence and correspondence between Lovelace and Babbage indicate that he wrote all of the programs in the notes appended to the Menebrea translation. Her prose acknowledged some possibilities of the machine which Babbage never published, such as speculating that "the Engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."

However, biographers have noted that Lovelace struggled with mathematics, and there is some debate as to whether Lovelace understood deeply the concepts behind programming Babbage's engine, or was more of a figurehead used by Babbage for public relations purposes. As an early woman in computing, Lovelace occupies a politically sensitive space in the canon of historical figures in computer science, and therefore the extent of her contribution versus Babbage's remains difficult to assess based on current sources.

Ada Lovelace died at 36 after being bled to death by her physicians, she had cancer of the uterus, she left two sons and a daughter; the daughter, Lady Anne Blunt, is famous in her own right as a traveller in the Middle East and a breeder of Arabian horses.

At her own request, Lovelace was buried next to the father she never knew at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottingham.

On December 10, 1980, the U.S. Defense Department approved the reference manual for their new computer programming language, called "Ada".

Her image can be seen on the Microsoft product authenticity hologram stickers.

She is one of the main characters in the alternate history novel The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, which posits a world in which Babbage's machines were mass produced and the computer age started a century early.

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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (December 10, 1815 London, England – November 27, 1852 Marylebone, London, England [1]), born Augusta Ada Byron, is mainly known for having written a description of Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. She is also known as the "first programmer".

[edit] Biography

Ada was the first legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife, Annabella (full name Anne Isabella Milbanke). She was named after Byron's half-sister, Augusta Leigh, whose child he was rumoured to have fathered. Ada was born on December 10, 1815, London, England. On January 16, 1816, Annabella left Byron, taking 1-month old Ada with her. On April 21, Byron signed the Deed of Separation and left England for good a few days later.

Ada never met her younger half-sister, Allegra Byron, daughter of Lord Byron and Claire Clairmont, who died at the age of five in 1822. Ada did have some contact with Elizabeth Medora Leigh, the daughter of Byron's half-sister Augusta Leigh. Ada and Medora were told by Ada's mother that Byron was Medora's father.

Ada lived with her mother, as is apparent in her father's correspondence concerning her. Lady Byron was also highly interested in mathematics, which dominated her life, even after marriage. Her obsession with rooting out any of the insanity of which she accused Lord Byron was one of the reasons why Annabella taught Ada mathematics at an early age. Ada was privately home schooled in mathematics and science by William Frend, William King and Mary Somerville. One of her later tutors was Augustus De Morgan. An active member of London society, she was a member of the Bluestockings in her youth.

Ada LovelaceIn 1835 she married William King, 8th Baron King, later 1st Earl of Lovelace. They had three children; Byron born 12 May 1836, Annabella (Lady Anne Blunt) born 22 September 1837 and Ralph Gordon born 2 July 1839. The family lived at Ockham Park, at Ockham, Surrey. Her full name and title for most of her married life was The Right Honourable Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace. She is widely known in modern times simply as Ada Lovelace, or by her maiden name, Ada Byron.

Ada apparently was a hard drinker and gambled heavily. At the time of her death she owed £2000. Additionally, she flirted with other men, and numerous scandals were apparently covered up by her husband.[2]

She knew and was taught by Mary Somerville, noted researcher and scientific author of the 19th century, who introduced her in turn to Charles Babbage on June 5, 1833. Other acquaintances were Sir David Brewster, Charles Wheatstone, Charles Dickens and Michael Faraday.

During a nine-month period in 1842–1843, Ada translated Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea's memoir on Babbage's newest proposed machine, the Analytical Engine. With the article, she appended a set of notes which specified in complete detail a method for calculating Bernoulli numbers with the Engine, recognized by historians as the world's first computer program. Biographers debate the extent of her original contributions, with some holding that the programs were written by Babbage himself. Babbage wrote the following on the subject, in his Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1846)[3]:

“ I then suggested that she add some notes to Menabrea's memoir, an idea which was immediately adopted. We discussed together the various illustrations that might be introduced: I suggested several but the selection was entirely her own. So also was the algebraic working out of the different problems, except, indeed, that relating to the numbers of Bernoulli, which I had offered to do to save Lady Lovelace the trouble. This she sent back to me for an amendment, having detected a grave mistake which I had made in the process. ”

Lovelace's prose also acknowledged some possibilities of the machine which Babbage never published, such as speculating that "the Engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."

[edit] Interaction with Charles Babbage

Ada met and corresponded with Charles Babbage on many occasions, including socially and in relation to Babbage's Difference Engine and Analytical Engine. Their relationship was not of a romantic nature.

Ada was one of the few people who fully understood Babbage's ideas and created a program for the Analytical Engine. Had the Analytical Engine ever actually been built, her program would have been able to calculate a sequence of Bernoulli numbers. Based on this work, Lovelace is now widely credited with being the first computer programmer.

Babbage was impressed by Ada's intellect and writing skills. He called her "The Enchantress of Numbers". In 1843 he wrote of Ada:[4]

Forget this world and all its troubles and if possible its multitudinous Charlatans - every thing in short but the Enchantress of Numbers.

The level of impact of Ada on Babbage's engines are the subject of debate. The debate is difficult to resolve due to Charles Babbage's tendency to not acknowledge (either verbally or in writing) the influence of other people in his work.

[edit] Death

Ada Lovelace was bled to death at the age of 36 by her physicians, while trying to cure her uterine cancer.[5] She perished at the same age as her father. She left two sons and a daughter, Lady Anne Blunt, famous in her own right as a traveller in the Middle East and a breeder of Arabian horses, co-founder of the Crabbet Arabian Stud.

Lovelace was buried next to the father she never knew at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottingham. Over one hundred years after her death, in 1953, Ada Lovelace's notes on Babbage's Analytical Engine were republished after being forgotten. The engine has now been recognized as an early model for a computer and Ada Lovelace's notes as a description of a computer and software.

[edit] Influence

The computer language Ada, created by the U.S. Defense Department, was named after Lovelace. The reference manual for the language was approved on December 10, 1980, Ada's birthday, and the Department of Defense Military Standard for the language, "MIL-STD-1815" was given the number of the year of her birth. In addition Lovelace's image can be seen on the Microsoft product authenticity hologram stickers. Since 1998, the British Computer Society has awarded a medal in her name.[6] and in 2008 initiated an annual competition[7] for women students of computer science

Question about pointe shoes in the old days?

Pointe shoes, and dancing en pointe, are a relatively recent introduction, and a gradual development.

"The first pointe shoes were based on "straights" worn for ballroom dancing and without blocking in the toe. "

I can't find a picture of "straights". This is the nearest I can find - Queen Victorias wedding shoes which look very like ballet slippershttp://takebackhalloween.org/ada-lovelace/

"In 1726 Marie Camargo made her debut at the Paris Opera Ballet and introduced the entrechat. To display these fast changes of her feet from fifth position front to back and front again, she had to wear a shorter skirt. At the time she was wearing the usual heeled shoes but as her jumps became more complicated she switched to flatter shoes which later became pointe shoes...

"In 1832 Marie Taglioni danced on pointe in La Sylphide, in shoes made by Janssen of Paris. No films or recordings of her performance exist, but some of Hanssen’s shoes are in private hands and at the Haydn Museum in Austria. The shoes had no box, they were soft satin slippers with a flexible leather sole. "

"Although the technique required excellent balance and control, dress limited the possibilities of the movement. Both men and women performers wore shoes resembling the normal footwear of the court. Flexible soles allowed for small springing steps, but the raised heels restricted the possibility of jumping. "

Somewhere in all that reading I did read that the posture was different, slightly leaning forward, hips back, and not "over the shoe"