From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Happy Birthda Ada Lovelace
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:18:09 GMT
Date: 2008-12-10T17:18:09+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lRS%k.418700$TT4.378730@attbi_s22> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fc2c23d2-6df0-4f5c-9fec-bcbca24deb57@m22g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>
John McCormick wrote:
>
> Ada gained the title Countess of Lovelace when she married Lord
> William Lovelace. The couple had three children, but Ada was so
> consumed by her love of mathematics that she left their upbringing to
> her mother. For a woman of that day, such behavior was considered
> almost as scandalous as some of her father's exploits, but her husband
> was actually quite supportive of her work.
Actually, Ada married William King. It was when he became an earl through
inheritance that she became a countess.
--
Jeff Carter
"Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love."
Annie Hall
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2008-12-10 16:20 Happy Birthda Ada Lovelace John McCormick
2008-12-10 17:18 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2008-12-12 19:54 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-12-11 4:17 ` Gene
2008-12-11 14:29 ` oenone
2008-12-12 14:30 ` John McCormick
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