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Lovelace, Ada:

Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, 1815-1852

Links and references.

http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/ada-lovelace.html

Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace

Brief biography, by Dr. Betty Toole, along with a portrait and links.

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/love.htm

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Ada Lovelace: Founder of Scientific Computing

Biography and portrait.

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html

The Ada Picture Gallery

Includes a selection of portraits of Ada, Countess of Lovelace.

http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/pictures.html

Ada: The Enchantress of Numbers

Comments on her, and her work, from a selection of people and publications in the field.

http://www.well.com/user/adatoole/

Augusta Ada King Countess of Lovelace

Short biography and four portraits.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lovelace.html

The Babbage Pages: Ada Lovelace

Brief biography with references.

http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/babbage/ada.html

Happy Birthday Ada

Biography and small portrait.

http://www.adahome.com/articles/1997-12/al_birthday.html

Women in Mathematics (Ada Lovelace)

Biography by Marni Mishna.

http://www.mathnews.uwaterloo.ca/BestOf/WomenInMath7103.html

Tools For Thought: The First Programmer Was a Lady

By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on Lady Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Difference and Analytical Engines. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews. (June, 1985)

http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/2.html

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