Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace was born in London in 1815. She was the first computer programmer more than 130 years ____ modern computers arrived. ____ she was young, her mother wanted her to study mathematics. ____ her teens, she was into numbers. ____ the age of seventeen, she was an excellent mathematician. At a party, she met Charles Babbage, whose invention was the first simple computer. She became fascinated by the machine, which he called the Analytical Engine. ____ possible, she began to think of ways to use the engine to solve mathematical problems. This is why people say she was the first programmer. She continued to work with Babbage ____ her death at the age of thirty-seven.

Time Expressions - Unit 2 - Focus 2

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