Ada Lovelace · every age

What was Ada Lovelace doing at 26?

Wrote the first computer program at 27, a century early

1. Oct 1842

   Menabrea's paper on the Analytical Engine appeared in Geneva

   Charles Wheatstone asked her to translate it into English; the job took nine months.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Portrait: Alfred Edward Chalon (c. 1840), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source