The Princess of Parallelograms

Augusta Ada Byron

Another name of Ada Lovelace

Ada was an enthusiast for math and computers.

She was the one who created the first computer code.

What all she has gone through,

as a kid at her birth.

The first computer programmer,

She was an associate of Charles Babbage.

Not only did she have success in her life

But this journey of life had many difficult problems.

Problems made this journey an adventure.

Adding more and more twists to it.

Looks interesting in hearing,

But has much more to it and she has faced it.

She also invented the first algorithm for a machine,

She invented this in the 1800s.

Ada didn’t win any awards in her lifetime.

And her contributions were largely ignored

Till the 1950s.

At that time, Ada’s role in 

The birth of computer programming was finally recognised.

In the year of 1843, Lovelace translated

A French paper that an Italian mathematician,

Luigi Menabrea wrote about the Analytical Engine,

Ada added a thousand of words

Of her own notes to the paper.

She realised that the Analytical Engine

Would carry out an

Extensive sequence of mathematical operations.

Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated annually

On the second Tuesday of October.

This day is celebrated annually

To celebrate and raise awareness of the contributions

Of women to STEM fields.

She was not only a contributor to Mathematics,

But also the Founder of Scientific Computing.

Born on 10 December 1815,

And died at the age of 36.

Ada Lovelace is buried inside the

Church of St. Mary Magdalene in the

Small English town of Hucknall.

Her coffin was placed side by side

With that of her father,

Who also passed away at the age of 36.

As said in the honour of Ada Lovelace Day,

That your brain is something more than merely mortal

As the time will show.

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