The first thing a casual reader notices about Augusta – Ada – Byron, if they notice anything at all, is her surname. It was a lasting influence on her life bequeathed to her by her father, Lord Byron, ...

Not many people know that Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), otherwise known as “The Enchantress of Numbers”, was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron. Ada’s parents separated when she was ...

Ada Byron, born today in 1815, was the daughter of the famous English poet, Lord Byron, and Annabella Milbanke. Her mother, Milbanke, was described as a religiously fervent woman with a penchant for ...

Ada Lovelace Day, founded in 2009, is a time to celebrate the work of women in science, technology, engineering and math fields. She is considered influential enough that she was the subject of one of ...

Should you come upon Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini (Dutton, 426 pp., ★★★½ out of four), consider yourself quite fortunate indeed. As with Chiaverini’s Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, ...

How Ada Lovelace Shaped Computing Ada Byron, later known as Ada Lovelace, helped explain and analyze the potential for one of the great inventions of her day, Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. At a time when education for most women was still hard to come by, Ada Lovelace — born Augusta Ada Byron in ...

*That's a class act by the Turinese mathematician and scholar. He could afford to be gracious, because Menabrea was on a course of great military and political success in life, that led to him ...