From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Happy Birthda Ada Lovelace
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:54:17 GMT
Date: 2008-12-12T19:54:17+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Jjz0l.477228$yE1.346586@attbi_s21> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lRS%k.418700$TT4.378730@attbi_s22>
Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
>
> Actually, Ada married William King. It was when he became an earl
> through inheritance that she became a countess.
I blew that. King was Baron King when Ada married him, so she became Lady King.
He was made 1st Earl of Lovelace after they married, and that is when Ada became
Countess of Lovelace.
--
Jeff Carter
"If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate."
Monty Python's the Meaning of Life
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2008-12-10 16:20 Happy Birthda Ada Lovelace John McCormick
2008-12-10 17:18 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-12-12 19:54 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2008-12-11 4:17 ` Gene
2008-12-11 14:29 ` oenone
2008-12-12 14:30 ` John McCormick
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