Etta Zuber Falconer | |
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Born | November 21, 1933 |
Died | September 19, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia, US |
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Alma mater | |
Thesis | Quasigroup identities invariant under isotopy (1969) |
Doctoral advisor | Trevor Evans |
Academic work | |
Discipline | mathematics |
Institutions |
Etta Zuber Falconer (November 21, 1933 – September 19, 2002) was an American educator and mathematician the bulk of whose career was spent at Spelman College, where she eventually served as department head and associate provost. She was one of the earlier African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.[1]