Flora Philip

Flora Philip
Born (1865-05-19)19 May 1865
Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland
Died 14 August 1943(1943-08-14) (aged 78)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Resting place Dean Cemetery
Nationality Scottish
Fields Mathematics and Greek
polymath
Spouse George Stewart (m. 1893; d. 1938)

Flora Philip (19 May 1865 – 14 August 1943) was a Scottish mathematician.

Flora Philip paved the way for Scottish female mathematicians, being not only the first female member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, but also being among the first females to be capped in Scotland, graduating from the University of Edinburgh on 13 April 1893.[1]

References

  1. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Flora Philip", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.


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