Sheila Scott Macintyre

Sheila Scott Macintyre
Photograph of Sheila Scott Macintyre
Born
Sheila Scott

(1910-04-23)23 April 1910
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died21 March 1960(1960-03-21) (aged 49)
Alma mater
Known forwork on the Whittaker function
Spouse
Archibald James Macintyre
(m. 1940)
Scientific career
Fieldsmathematics
Institutions
Thesis Some Problems in Interpolatory Function Theory  (1947)
Doctoral advisorEdward Maitland Wright

Sheila Scott Macintyre FRSE (23 April 1910 – 21 March 1960) was a Scottish mathematician best known for her work on the Whittaker constant. Macintyre is also known for co-authoring a German–English mathematics dictionary with Edith Witte.