The First Computer Programmer:
1833 - Ada Byron, the countess of Lovelace, met Babbage. She describes the Analytical Engine as weaving "algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves." Her published analysis of the Analytical Engine is our best record of its programming potential. In it she outlines the fundamentals of computer programming, including data analysis, looping and memory addressing.[1]
Born as Augusta Ada Byron, was an English writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognized as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine; as such she is sometimes portrayed in popular culture as the "World's First Computer Programmer".
She was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron (with Anne Isabella Milbanke). See figure below
[2] [1] A HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER: PREHISTORY; http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/pre.html
[2] Ada Lovelace; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
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