Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council has confirmed plans to install an 8ft statue of famous mathematician and one of the world’s first computer programmers, Ada Lovelace.
Planning permission for the 2.5m statue was granted at a meeting on Tuesday, during which councillors discussed the proposals submitted by the Ada Lovelace in Hinckley Community Interest Company.
The figure honouring the 19th century mathematician will be erected on Lower Bond Street, outside North Warwickshire and Hinckley College.
In the application for the project, the statue is described as a ‘striking and distinctive physical form of commemoration and recognition of Ada’s legacy’.
Stan Rooney, leader of the project, told the BBC: ‘Not only is Ada the most significant person to have lived in our borough, she's arguably the most important person, past or present, to have lived in our county’.
The scheme is reportedly backed by private funding, with £50,000 having been generated already.
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