Mary Everest Boole
Mary Everest Boole was an English mathematician who was married to George Boole. She wrote a number of books on mathematical education.
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Mary Cannell
Mary Cannell was an English mathematician and historian who worked extensively on George Green.
Mary Ellen Rudin
Mary Ellen Rudin was an American mathematician known for herwork in general topology.
Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville wrote many works which influenced Maxwell. Her discussion of a hypothetical planet perturbing Uranus led Adams to his investigation. Somerville College in Oxford was named after her.
Mary Cartwright
Mary Cartwright was the first woman mathematician to be elected to the Royal Society. She became Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge.
Lenore Blum
Lenore Blum is an American mathematician who has made important advances in computer science.
Letitia Chitty
Letitia Chitty began studying the mathematical tripos but, after war work during World War I, she studied the mechanical sciences tripos. She became a civil engineer, applying mathematical theory and carrying out experiments.
Linda Goldway Keen
Linda Keen is an American mathematician who is known for her work in hyperbolic geometry.
Florence Nightingale David
Florence Nightingale David was an English statistician who worked to increase the opportunities for women to study statistics. She became head of the Statistics Department at the University of California, Riverside. Among her research interests were the history of probability and of statistical ideas.
Lois Griffiths
Lois Wilfred Griffiths was an American mathematician best known for her work in polygonal numbers.