Lovelace was not shown the family portrait of her father [Lord Byron] until her 20th birthday.

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20 years old

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Wikipedia contributors. (2024, June 17). Ada Lovelace. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 27, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ada_Lovelace&oldid=1229638548

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During a nine-month period in 1842–43, Lovelace translated the Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea’s article on Babbage’s newest proposed machine, the Analytical Engine.

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Don’t let perfection hold you up.

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Ada Lovelace (Wikipedia) Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation.

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1835-12-10