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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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She lost contact with her husband after confessing something to him on 30 August which caused him to abandon her bedside. It is not known what she told him.

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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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Ada Lovelace
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1851-08-12

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On 12 August 1851, when she was dying of cancer, Lovelace wrote to him asking him to be her executor, though this letter did not give him the necessary legal authority.