Lovelace, the daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron, has been widely described as the world's first computer programmer, because of her work with inventor Charles Babbage on his idea for an "analytical ...

The Conversation spotlights Ada Lovelace, a female programming pioneer, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed, for Women's History Month.

The artwork in Reading honoured Ada Lovelace, who is widely regarded as the world's first computer programmer after she worked on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine in the 19th Century. The painting ...