Category Archives: Math

Flora Philip was a Scottish mathematician who studied at Edinburgh University and was among the first women to receive a degree there when they changed the rules. She was the first woman member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.

Charlotte Angas Scott studied at Cambridge but was not allowed to take her degree. After graduate work at Cambridge she became the first Head of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania USA.

Mary Warner was a Welsh mathematician who was a pioneer in fuzzy mathematics.

Ruth Michler was an American mathematician who became an expert in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. She organised several special sessions at meetings of the American Mathematical Society. She was killed in a road accident in Boston at the age of 33.

Sylvia Skan was an English applied mathematician who worked on fluid dynamics and aerodynamics. For most of her career, she worked for the Aerodynamics Department of the National Physical Laboratory. She wrote many papers and the two volume book Handbook for computers.

Celia Hoyles is a Professor of Mathematics Education at University College London. She has received many honours for her contributions to education such as an OBE, a DBE, and the first Hans Freudenthal Medal by the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction.

Anne Cobbe was an English mathematician who worked in algebra.

Anne Bosworth Focke was an American mathematician who became the first female doctoral student of David Hilbert. She was a professor of mathematics and physics at what is now the University of Rhode Island.

Grace Chisholm Young was an English mathematician who together with her husband William Young wrote many mathematical articles and several books.