Mathematician:Mary Frances Winston Newson

Mathematician
American mathematician who became the first female American to receive a PhD in mathematics from a European university, namely the University of Göttingen in Germany.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 7 August 1869 in Forreston, Illinois, USA
 * Died: 5 December 1959 in Poolesville, Maryland, USA

Publications

 * 1895: Eine Bemerkung zur Theorie der hypergeometrischen Function



Also known as
Born Mary Frances Winston; became Newson on accepting the name of her husband.

Known as May to her family and friends.