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# Ada Lovelace

Analytical engine programmer · London
[ada@example.com](mailto:ada@example.com) · [example.com](https://example.com)

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## Summary

Mathematician working on general-purpose computation. Published the first
algorithm intended for a machine, and the first argument that such a machine
could work on more than numbers.

## Experience

### Analyst, Analytical Engine project
**1842 to 1843**

- Translated Menabrea's memoir and added notes three times its length.
- Described a method for computing Bernoulli numbers on the engine.
- Argued the machine could act on any symbols, not only quantities.

### Correspondent, Royal Society circles
**1833 to 1842**

- Worked with Charles Babbage on the Difference Engine.
- Studied under Augustus De Morgan.

## Skills

**Mathematics:** symbolic logic, series expansion, numerical methods
**Writing:** technical translation, annotation, exposition

## Education

**University tutoring, mathematics** — 1830s

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Ada Lovelace

Analytical engine programmer · London ada@example.com · example.com

Summary

Mathematician working on general-purpose computation. Published the first algorithm intended for a machine, and the first argument that such a machine could work on more than numbers.

Experience

Analyst, Analytical Engine project

1842 to 1843

Translated Menabrea's memoir and added notes three times its length.
Described a method for computing Bernoulli numbers on the engine.
Argued the machine could act on any symbols, not only quantities.

Correspondent, Royal Society circles

1833 to 1842

Worked with Charles Babbage on the Difference Engine.
Studied under Augustus De Morgan.

Skills

Mathematics: symbolic logic, series expansion, numerical methods Writing: technical translation, annotation, exposition