Mathematician:Augusta Ada Lovelace

Mathematician
English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on 's Analytical Engine.

Creator of the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine.

Hence she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 10 December 1815 in Piccadilly, Middlesex (now in London), England
 * Died: 27 November 1852 in Marylebone, London, England

Theorems and Definitions

 * Algorithm to calculate Bernoulli numbers

Also known as
Born Augusta Ada Byron, she married William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace and so became Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace.

Hence she is best known as Ada Lovelace.