Ada Lovelace was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella "Annabella" Milbanke, Lady Wentworth. Byron separated from his wife a month after Ada was born and left England forever four months later. He died of disease...

Admiral Grace Hopper Hopper was born in New York City. She was the eldest of three children. Her parents were of Scottish and Dutch descent. Grace was very curious as a child; this was a lifelong trait. At the age of seven, she decided to determine...