Lovelace
Americannoun
noun
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Countess of, title of Ada Augusta King. 1815–52, English mathematician and personal assistant to Charles Babbage: daughter of Lord Byron. She wrote the first computer program
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Richard. 1618–58, English Cavalier poet, noted for To Althea from Prison (1642) and Lucasta (1649)
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A secret tunnel in the Surrey Hills linked to prominent 19th Century mathematician Ada Lovelace is to reopen after lying hidden for five decades.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
In the startup’s Palo Alto offices, the conference rooms are named for legendary mathematicians—Poincaré, Gauss, Hilbert, Lovelace, Turing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Ms. Lovelace is considered the world’s first computer programmer.
From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 14, 2024
Robin Lovelace, a fine artist and woodcarver, met Lamp when he was pruning trees near her home.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024
Lovelace had also tested the Mercury 7, but the government came up with the criteria for that testing.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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