Timeline November 1852

Events in November 1852 4

• 1815 – 1852 Ada Lovelace Mathematician & First Computer Programmer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was an English mathematician best known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her 1843 notes on the machine include what is recognized as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a computer, earning her the informal title of the first computer programmer. Daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she was raised by her mother to study mathematics and science rather than poetry, a path that led her to a lifelong intellectual partnership with Babbage. Though she died young, her writings anticipated the potential of computing machines to go far beyond arithmetic.
• 1852 Buried Beside Her Father Ada is laid to rest next to Lord Byron At her own request, Ada was buried next to the father she never truly knew, Lord Byron, at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. The choice of burial site reflected a lifelong fascination with the father whose memory had been largely suppressed by her mother. It stood as a final, symbolic reconciliation between the poet and the daughter who had become a pioneer of mathematical science.
• 1852 Franklin Pierce elected US President Democrat wins the 1852 US presidential election Franklin Pierce defeated Whig candidate Winfield Scott to become the 14th President of the United States. He took office the following March.
• 1852 Death of Ada Lovelace Ada dies at age 36 Ada Lovelace died on 27 November 1852 at the age of 36, the same age at which her father, Lord Byron, had died. Her final months were marked by considerable suffering, and she was attended by her husband and mother, with whom she had reconciled after some estrangement. Her death cut short a scientific career that had only recently begun to fully mature.