Thyra yew

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Thyra Eibe (born November 3, 1866 in Copenhagen , † January 1, 1955 there ) was a Danish mathematician. She is considered the first Danish female mathematician to graduate from university.

Eibe studied mathematics at the University of Copenhagen with a degree in 1895 and was a teacher at Hanna Adler's Faelleskole from 1899 to 1934 (later Sortedams grammar school ). She published a Danish translation of the Greco-Latin edition of the Elements of Euclid von Heiberg .

1910 she gave with Kirstine Meyer Adversaria of Ole Romans out.

literature

  • Joseph W. Dauben , Christoph J. Scriba (eds.): Writing the history of mathematics , Birkhäuser 2002, p. 415
  • Else Hørup: Thyra Eibe: Denmarks først kvindelige matematiker, Normat, Volume 2, 1993, pp 41-44
personal data
SURNAME Yew, thyra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1955
Place of death Copenhagen