Ada Lovelace
publication date: Monday, December 12, 2011 (part of Winter 2012)
category: 
Inventions
clue: The world's first computer programmer might only have been remembered for her poet father if she hadn't been inspired by Charles Babbage.
explanation: Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron and a colleague of Charles Babbage who created the first computer algorithm. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, and Ryan Dunn
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