‘HINCKLEY GALLERY CELEBRATES LOCAL COMPUTING COUNTESS’
The Atkins Gallery in Hinckley is hosting an exhibition celebrating the life of Ada Lovelace, one of the first computer programmers who inspired Alan Turing to invent the Enigma codebreaker.
Lovelace, daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron, spent her childhood at Kirkby Mallory in Hinckley. She is world renowned for her work on Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine, a calculating machine which required a written program to carry out complex calculations.
Inspired to visit the exhibition by the recent Ada Lovelace Day, Dr Luke Evans, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Bosworth and Hinckley said:
“I have thoroughly enjoyed hearing all about such a wonderful figure in mathematical and engineering history who comes from right here in the Hinckley borough. She had the foresight to see what could be done years before it was actually possible, a true visionary.
“It is amazing to think that her work inspired Alan Turning over 100 years later. I hope her recognition continues to grow, and so the recognition of Hinckley and the wider area.”
Local heritage enthusiast Stan Rooney said:
“A pleasure this afternoon, to have Dr Luke Evans visit the Ada Lovelace exhibition at the Atkins Building, which has been received to great acclaim by all those who have visited.
He might enjoy a pint of Ada Lovelace in The Greyhound or Pestle and Mortar next week!”
The ‘Ada Lovelace, The Computing Countess of Kirkby Mallory’ exhibition closes on Wednesday 30 October.