Portrait of Ada Lovelace

Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace, was one of the most picturesque characters in computer history. August Ada Byron was born December 10, 1815 the daughter of the illustrious poet, Lord Byron. Though her life was short (like her father, she died at 36), Ada anticipated by more than a century most of what we think is brand-new computing. Ada Byron was the daughter of a brief marriage between the Romantic po…