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Where was Ada born?
London, England
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How did Ada get her education?
Her mother paid for a private tutor
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What disease did Ada have when she was 14 years old?
measles
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What initials did Ada use when she translated the notes on the analytical engine?
A.A.L.
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What was Ada’s nickname?
the Enchantress of Numbers
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What was Ada’s name at birth?
Augusta Ada Byron
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What was Ada’s tutor’s name?
Mary Somerville
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What is Ada’s husband’s name?
William King
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What was Charles Babbage’s job?
professor of mathematics at Cambridge University
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How many brothers and sisters did she have?
0
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When was Ada Lovelace born?
December 10, 1815
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Was is common for young girls to receive an education in her time?
No
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How many kids did Ada have?
3
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What does the difference engine do?
calculate equations
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How old was Ada when she died?
36
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Who were Ada’s parents?
Lord George Gordon Byron and Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron
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What subjects did her private tutors teach?
mathematics and science
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Who introduced Ada to Charles Babbage?
Mary Somerville
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How long did it take Ada to translate French paper on the analytical engine?
9 months
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What is the name of the computer program named after Ada?
Ada
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Why did Ada’s mom make her lie still?
to develop self control
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Who did Ada study advanced mathematics with at the University of London?
Augustus de Morgan
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How old was Ada when she met Charles Babbage?
17
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Why was Ada considered to be the first computer programmer?
plan for a sequence of numbers to calculate called the Bernoulli numbers
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What is Ada famous for?
First computer programmer