Ada Lovelace

Birth Date: December 10, 1815

Death: November 27, 1852

Major Academic Achievements:
Ada Lovelance was privately tutored and then self-educated for most of her education.
But for advanced studies she was aided by mathematician-logician Augustus De Morgon.

Contributions to Computer Science:
She created the first program for Charles Babbage’s prototype of the digital computer.
She was known as the first computer programmer and is honored every year on the second Tuesday of October, which is known as the Ada Lovelace Day,
for her contributions infields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
She was the first person to recognize what computers can actually do, and she implemented it.

Sources:
Britannica- Ada Lovelace
Biography- Ada Lovelace
Lemelson MIT