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First Meeting at Babbage's Soirée
- When
- 5 June 1833
- Where
- One of Charles Babbage's Saturday night soirées, London
Ada Lovelace and her mother attended Charles Babbage's Saturday night soirée in London on 5 June 1833, facilitated by Mary Somerville.
Lovelace first met Babbage on 5 June 1833, when she and her mother attended one of Charles Babbage's Saturday night soirées in London. Mary Somerville, who was Lovelace's private tutor and a mutual friend of both, facilitated the introduction. The supplied sources do not specify the exact venue of the gathering beyond its being a London soirée hosted by Babbage.
Sources
- Ada Lovelace Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-23
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