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Birth of Ada Lovelace — This Day in Women's History

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Birth of Ada Lovelace

December 10, 1815

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron)

Augusta Ada Byron was born in London, the only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Milbanke.

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