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Lai-Sang Young

Lai-Sang Young is a Hong Kong born American mathematican known for her work on ergodic properties of dynamical systems.

Hajer Bahouri was born in Tunisia and is an expert in partial differential equations. She became Director of Research at the National Centre for Scientific Research and the Laboratory of Analysis and Applied Mathematics at the University Paris-Est-Créteil-Val-de-Marne.

Dr Clara Latimer Bacon

Born: 13 August 1866, United States Died: 14 April 1948 Country most active: United States Also known as: NA This biography, written by J J O’Connor and E F Robertson, […]

Nina Bari

Nina Karlovna Bari was a Russian mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series.

Agnes Sime Baxter

Agnes Baxter was a Canadian mathematician who became only the second Canadian woman to be awarded Ph.D. in Mathematics.

Leone Burton

Leone Burton became a leading British expert in mathematical education. She did pioneering work on equity and gender issues in mathematics education.

Kathleen McNulty Antonelli

Kathleen McNulty Antonelli was an Irish-born American computer programmer who was one of the first to work with the early ENIAC machine.

Dorothea Beale

Dorothea Beale studied at Queen’s College, London where she became the first female mathematics tutor. She became Principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College and a founder of St Hilda’s College, Oxford.

Louise Doris Adams

Louise Doris Adams was a school teacher and school inspector who did much to improve the teaching of mathematics in schools. She was enthusiastically involved with the Mathematical Association and in 1959-60 she served as its President, being only the second woman to hold this role.

Georgia Benkart

Georgia Benkart was an outstanding mathematician who received many honours for her research on Lie algebras and related topics. She served the American Mathematical Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics in severable roles (she was President of the AWM) and was an inaugural fellow of each.