The world’s first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace, died on November 27, 1852 in Marylebone, London. 

 

Ada LOVELACE 1815 – 1952 computer pioneer 
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 Acclaimed as a mathematical genius, Ada Lovelace is said to have understood the potential of the first computer blueprints better than their inventor. A serendipitous friendship with the mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer Charles Babbage brought her in contact with his early ideas for mechanical calculators and a preliminary prototype for a general-purpose computer.

Her writing on this subject is widely considered seminal and includes the first reported example of an algorithm written specifically for a computer. Although not without her detractors, these contributions earnt her reputation as “the first computer programmer”.
Ada Lovelace | Mathematician and first computer programmer | New Scientist