Zero added to fifty plus one for English mathematician (8)
I believe the answer is:
lovelace
'english mathematician' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'zero added to fifty plus one' is the wordplay.
'zero' becomes 'love' (love is zero in tennis).
'added to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fifty' becomes 'l' (Roman numeral).
'plus' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'ace' (ace has a value of one in some card games).
'love'+'l'+'ace'='LOVELACE'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lovelace that I've seen before include "Poet's daughter" , "Cavalier poet" .)