Charlotte Wedell
Charlotte Bolette Sophie, Baroness Wedell-Wedellsborg (born January 27, 1862 , † July 22, 1953 ) was a Danish mathematician . She was one of four mathematicians who took part in the first International Congress of Mathematicians , which took place in Zurich in 1897 .
life and work
Wedell was the daughter of Vilhelm Ferdinand, Baron Wedell-Wedellsborg (of the noble family Wedel ) and Louise Marie Sophie, Countess Schulin, and granddaughter of Johan Sigismund Schulin (1808-1880). Wedell married the engineer Eugène Tomasini in Copenhagen in 1898 , from whom she divorced in 1909.
In 1897 she did her doctorate at the University of Lausanne under Adolf Hurwitz as an unofficial mentor with the dissertation: The application of elliptical functions to the construction of the Malfatti circles . In the same year she was listed as a member of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen at the first international mathematicians' congress. The other three mathematicians at the congress were Iginia Massarini from Rome , who received her PhD in Naples in 1887 , Vera von Schiff from Saint Petersburg and Charlotte Angas Scott from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania , none of whom were speakers. The first mathematicians' congress with a woman as a speaker took place in 1912.
literature
- Curbera, Guillermo: Mathematicians of the World, Unite !: The International Congress of Mathematicians - A Human Endeavor , CRC Press, 2009, ISBN 9781439865125 .
Web links
- Ways of Women: Mathematicians in Switzerland (PDF)
- Charlotte Bolette Sophie Baronesse Wedell-Wedellsborg
- Short biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wedell, Charlotte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wedell-Wedellsborg, Charlotte Bolette Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1862 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1953 |