A
gifted
mathematician
,
Ada
Lovelace
is
considered
to
have
written
instructions
for
the
first
computer
program
in
the
mid
-
1800s
.
Who
Was
Ada
Lovelace
?
Ada
Lovelace
,
born
as
Augusta
Ada
Byron
,
was
the
only
legitimate
child
of
the
famous
poet
Lord
George
Gordon
Byron
.
She
____________________
born
in
London
on
December
10
,
1815
.
Lady
Byron
____________________
from
her
husband
only
weeks
after
their
daughter
was
born
.
A
few
months
later
,
Lord
Byron
____________________
England
,
and
Ada
never
____________________
her
father
again
.
He
died
in
Greece
when
Ada
was
8
years
old
.
Ada
had
an
unusual
upbringing
for
an
aristocratic
girl
in
the
mid
-
1800s
.
At
her
mother's
insistence
,
tutors
____________________
her
mathematics
and
science
.
From
early
on
,
Lovelace
____________________
a
talent
for
numbers
and
language
.
She
____________________
instruction
from
William
Frend
,
a
social
reformer
;
William
King
,
the
family's
doctor
;
and
Mary
Somerville
,
a
Scottish
astronomer
and
mathematician
.
She
____________________
an
article
on
an
invention
by
Charles
Babbage
,
and
added
her
own
comments
.
Because
she
____________________
many
computer
concepts
,
Ada
is
considered
the
first
computer
programmer
.
In
1835
,
Ada
____________________
William
King
.
They
____________________
a
love
of
horses
and
____________________
three
children
together
.
From
most
accounts
,
he
____________________
his
wife's
academic
endeavors
.
Ada
and
her
husband
____________________
with
many
of
the
interesting
minds
of
the
times
,
including
scientist
Michael
Faraday
and
writer
Charles
Dickens
.
However
,
Ada's
health
suffered
after
a
bout
of
cholera
in
1837
.
She
had
lingering
problems
with
asthma
and
her
digestive
system
.
Doctors
____________________
her
painkillers
,
such
as
laudanum
and
opium
,
and
her
personality
____________________
to
change
.
She
reportedly
____________________
mood
swings
and
hallucinations
.
Ada
____________________
on
November
27
,
1852
.
Text
taken
and
adapted
from
:
Ada
Lovelace
Biography
.
Biography
.
com
.
[
December
18
,
2018
]
Retrieved
from
https
:
/
/
www
.
biography
.
com
/
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/
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-
lovelace
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