Euphemia Lofton Haynes | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., United States | September 11, 1890
Died | July 25, 1980 Washington, D.C., United States | (aged 89)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of the District of Columbia, Smith College, University of Chicago, The Catholic University of America |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Thesis | Determination of Sets of Independent Conditions Characterizing Certain Special Cases of Symmetric Correspondences (1943) |
Doctoral advisor | Aubrey Edward Landry |
Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes (September 11, 1890 – July 25, 1980) was an American mathematician and educator. She was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, which she earned from the Catholic University of America in 1943.[1]