Ada Lovelace Life Biography
As a result, Augusta. Ada King Noel, Countess of Lovelace is considered to be the first to see the full power of calculators and the first computer programmer. Ada was the only legal child of the poet George Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella Milbanke (Annabella, Lady Wentworth). On July 8, 1835, she married William King, 8th Baron King (later Earl in 1838), and was married to Countess Lovelace. Both of these women were known for their childish fascination with technology, the design of fancy boats, wind turbines, and flying machines, and reviewing drawings of new Industrial Revolution items that filled contemporary scientific journals.