A new £ 50 note could represent the face of this Northeast mathematician

A Victorian mathematician from the Northeast is among the first to appear on the new £ 50 bill.

Ada Lovelace, professors Stephen Hawking and Dorothy Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, are among the other favorites since the candidacies were opened to the public on Friday.

Ada was born in 1815 from Anne Isabella Milbanke of Elemore Hall, Pittington, Durham, and the legendary romantic poet Lord Byron.

She is best known for her work on the badytic engine proposed by Charles Babbage, a versatile computer

Ada was the first to recognize that the machine had applications going beyond pure calculation and published the first algorithm intended to be executed by such a machine. .

As a result, it is sometimes considered the first to recognize the full potential of a "computer machine" and the first programmer. In his honor, a day Ada Lovelace is organized every year on October 9th.

For weeks, unofficial campaigns have been launched to determine who should appear on the new £ 50 bills, including English defenseman Harry Maguire riding an inflatable unicorn. to Margaret Thatcher.

However, the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, declared that the person to be chosen should no longer be alive and belong to scientific fields such as medical research, biology, and astronomy .

When At the Science Museum in London, Mr. Carney said, "I am afraid that no lord of time, of any bad, will be eligible."

The public has six weeks to record their nominatio On the Bank's website, Mr. Carney making the selection that will be announced next year.

He stated that he remained "open-minded" as to what his choice would be and celebrated the successes of British scientists from the steam engine to the telegraph for fuel the industrial revolutions.

"In medicine and biology, the discoveries of penicillin, X-rays and double helix by British scientists have allowed British people to live longer and healthier," he said. .

The deployment date of the note replacing the current pioneer of the Industrial Revolution Matthew Boulton and James Watt has not yet been revealed.

This will be the last of this note to be transformed into a plastic polymer.

The current paper, £ 20, will be replaced by a polymer version from 2020. It will feature artist JMW Turner.

The £ 50 in circulation was introduced in 2011, but its existence has been called into question due to money laundering concerns. Tax evasion and tax evasion.

But the new edition will include new security features.

The appointments end December 14 and Mr. Carney said the announcement should be made by next summer.