Florence Lewis
Florence Parthenia Lewis (born September 24, 1877 in Fort Scott , Bourbon County , Kansas , † after 1938) was an American mathematician , astronomer and university teacher .
life and work
Lewis graduated from the University of Texas and received his bachelor's degree in 1897 . In 1906 she received her Masters degree from Radcliffe College , Cambridge , Massachusetts . In 1913 she received her doctorate with the dissertation "A Geometrical Application of the Theory of the Binary Quintic" with Frank Morley at Johns Hopkins University in astronomy and mathematics. From 1908 to 1938 she was a professor at Goucher College and was known for her studies on the geometric interpretation of algebraic invariants.
Awards
She was a member of the American Astronomical Society and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . As a longtime member, she was an adviser to the American Mathematical Society from 1919 to 1922.
literature
- Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy: The biographical dictionary of women in science: pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century, 2000, ISBN 978-0415920384
- Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke: Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's, 2008, ISBN 978-0821843765
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| SURNAME | Lewis, Florence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lewis, Florence Parthenia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Scott , Bourbon County , Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1938 |