Ada Lovelace

Augusta Ada Byron, otherwise known as Ada Lovelace, was destined for greatness. One hundred years before Alan Turing and long before the 1960’s black NASA computer scientists, Ada was the first to write a computer program. Born on the 10th of December, 1815, Ada...

Ahyoka

Full Name: Ahyoka Birth Date: Unknown Death Date: Unknown Ahyoka was the daughter of Cherokee native Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary, and the first person to learn the written form of the language referred to as Tsalagi Gawonihisdi. Ahyoka’s...

Amanirenas

Full Name: Amanirenas Birth Date: 60s/50s BC Death Date: 10 BC Location: Meroë, Sudan Monument Type: Historic/Residence While many people know about Cleopatra, few are aware of her contemporary, Amanirenas. Like Cleopatra, Amanirenas faced the encroaching Roman...

Amber Atherton

Our story begins in Hong Kong where Amber was born in 1991, before returning to the United Kingdom. During her school years, she became involved with coding at the age of 9; a skill that would later serve her well.  She also got an early start on practicing her...

Amika George

Born: 4th October 1999 Site: University of Cambridge, England Amika George was born on 4th October 1999, in Kerala, South India and was raised in the UK. Whilst in secondary school, George read an article about how many young people in Britain miss school due to...

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