Grace Chisholm Young | |
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| Born | Grace Emily Chisholm 15 March 1868 |
| Died | 29 March 1944 (aged 76) Croydon, Surrey, England |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge University of Göttingen |
| Spouse | William Henry Young (died 1942) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Algebraisch-gruppentheoretische Untersuchungen zur sphärischen Trigonometrie (Algebraic Groups of Spherical Trigonometry) (1895) |
| Doctoral advisor | Felix Klein |
Grace Chisholm Young (née Chisholm, 15 March 1868 – 29 March 1944) was an English mathematician. She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, England and continued her studies at Göttingen University in Germany, where in 1895 she received a doctorate.[1] Her early writings were published under the name of her husband, William Henry Young, and they collaborated on mathematical work throughout their lives. For her work on calculus (1914–16), she was awarded the Gamble Prize for Mathematics by Girton College.[2]
- ^ Haines, Catherine M. C. (2001). International Women in Science: a biographical dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO Inc. pp. 340–41. ISBN 1-57607-090-5.
- ^ Riddle, Larry (2022). "Grace Chisholm Young". Biographies of Women Mathematicians. Agnes Scott College.