![]() ![]() In a contemptuous split when Ada was only five weeks old, Lord Byron left the home. Not surprisingly, Annabella and Lord Byron’s marriage did not last beyond a year. A scorned lover once said of Lord Byron, he was “mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” Ada Byron at age four, from a miniature in a locket sent to Lord Byron by his sister. One notorious scandal involved an affair with his own half-sister. ![]() ![]() He was known to drink from a human skull, own a pet bear, and engage in numerous love affairs with both men and women. True, he was a celebrated and adored poet, yet his behavior raised more than a few eyebrows. Annabella was analytical and conformist while Lord Byron cared little for numbers and logic. Beyond social status, they shared virtually nothing in common. Lord and Lady Byron were members of the high British society. Ada was Lord Byron’s only legitimate child. Early LifeĪda Lovelace was born Augusta Ada Byron in London on Decemto the philandering Romantic poet Lord Byron and strictly religious Annabella Milbanke. Today on Biographics we explore the “Enchantress of Number,” Ada Lovelace. And, on her deathbed, her last wish speaks volumes. Not your typical aristocratic lady, part of Ada’s story holds a shadowy secret. Mentored by the “father of the computer,” she emerged as a woman far ahead of her time in her ability to see what could be. In the nineteenth century, at the height of the industrial revolution, she was pushed into the male dominion of mathematics and science by her zealot mother. ![]()
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