# Ada Lovelace

_English mathematician (1815–1852)_

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> Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. She was the first to recognise the machine had applications beyond pure calculation. Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 10 December 1815 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259#P569))
- **Place of birth:** London ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259#P19))
- **Died:** 27 November 1852 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259#P570))
- **Place of death:** Marylebone ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259#P27))
- **Occupation:** mathematician; programmer; poet; computer scientist; inventor; translator ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259#P106))
- **Spouse:** William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259#P26))

## Questions

**When was Ada Lovelace born?**  
Ada Lovelace was born on 10 December 1815 in London.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Ada Lovelace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): एडा लभलेस](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q7259](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Ada Lovelace daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet 1843 - cropped.png by Antoine Claudet (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_Lovelace_daguerreotype_by_Antoine_Claudet_1843_-_cropped.png)

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"Ada Lovelace". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ada-lovelace. Retrieved 5 November 2026.